Australia facing 'worrying' backlash over COVID-19 probe into China | Sky News Australia

Foreign policy experts have raised concern about China's economic threats against Australia in response to the push for an independent inquiry into the origin of COVID-19.

Beijing’s ambassador told the Financial Review that Chinese students and tourists could start to boycott Australia if a probe was carried out. Former Defence Head of China Analysis Paul Monk told Sky News it was a “very worrying sign” that China reacted so defensively to legitimate questions about the virus. Image: Getty

krislewis073 China has slowly but surely crawled into a position of huge influence over the majority of the entire globe ..By way of trade and using cheap Labour .They own huge swathes of property and Mining rights throughout the World...They are embedded into every facet of our lives.

The media is really bad. Broadcast false information

Cheating news. China has not imposed economic sanctions on Australia at all. The so-called sanctions should go to the United States

We may suffer for a little while but stuff them. Cut the cord from this toxic culture and brutal dictatorship that holds no value for human life.

Only just barking, nothing more. 40% Aussie export goes to China, cut the tie means people in Australia will suffer big time, no way any government has the ball to do that. Again, only barking.

Chinese government has been a biggest bully of the world. Time to let them know that we Aussie won’t be bullied.

I'm willing to count on the fact that boycott of Chinese goods by every consumer in austrailia will hurt more than a few tourists. Big business WILL move. And I'm counting on the fact they'll still buy our beef coal and iron ore because it cheap., and if not who cares. 🖕 .

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Iphone made in China !!!

Who gives a flying f$&! Australia is self sufficient, we are already bankrupt so we really need to grasp this golden opportunity of our current status and divorce ourselves completely from this idiotic chest poking regime!

FlorianHeiseAus Saw that coming

'But, mah investments'

This is a inevitable result. Chinese Communist party regime controlled the people and market to threat all the free world. Keep on going, even tougher for the CCP , and be kind for the civilian, Australia will win the Chinese respect and market again soon after CCP collapses

Typical psycho anger guilt outrage. China’s outburst confirms China is “guilty as hell”, and the anger spat is to scare us into believing China is not guilty, Yeah! Sure. China’s misguided evil ego is now dumb enough to “show their teeth” ready to “bite the hand that feeds them”.

A few decades late.

Cool let’s legislate no chinese investment in OZ We keep our minerals , agricultural and livestock products. They can keep and consume their toxic domestic alternatives imo We don’t need China

All Australia has to do is stop sending them coal.

Never forget they are communists, the sworn enemy of democracy. Should of left the communists in their holes

The more money we give China for their crap product bigger their Army get one day will take over Australia. We should stop free trade too china

What concern who cares go ahead SB aussie

Our piss weak government will only posture for so long then say sorry for upsetting you poor chyna.

oz_jacko We should expel their ambassador and cut relations, we don't need a partner who overreacts at a mere report.

The mask is slipping. Good.

The foreign policy experts are all in the Labor party. They are missing their Aldi bags full of cash.

Which particular foreign correspondents? Hopefully not Australians! We, the public woukd like a shove back to China, we won’t tolerate their bullying, Australia is a better country than that, Aussie spirit is firmer than that!

Someone please tell these foreign policy experts that agression should be met with agression. If they are talking about economic threats than we should also remind tham of 'Free Trade Agreement' and 'One Belt One Road' initiative... They also have lot to loose...

Blind Freddie could see the economic leverage China, authoritarian dictatorship China, was building 30 years ago, and both the Labor, Liberal and National partys sold Australia out ever since. Who can trust Liberal and Labor to draw a hard line instead of placing movable tape?

Give not one inch.

It's amazing how China has basically ruined the world, and they are the ones making the threats. Fingers crossed that the rest of the world boycotts China first, then lets see how China reacts to that. I can't think of anyone who would want to be on the side of China right now.

MAYBE U deserve it, People with sense get evidence before engaging flapping lips repeating USA BS

China should be saying sorry we Fucked up

AUS better be charting a course away from China & various dependencies. We need the G20 members to line China up & smack it down effectively. PM Morrison ........send the Chinese Ambassador home for bad manners! Who would stand up to China - US, Canada,....Jpn, AUS?, UK?, EU?,?

condimentset I’m sure China will do everything to make this pandemic be forgotten fast n quiet.

The whole world should boicot their exportations to China , we'll see how long they last. Maybe then they agree to cooperate in getting to the bottom of this .

They should have been concerned about China a long time ago. Have they all really been that stupid? If none of them saw this coming, they are all sick with a mental illness.

Isolate China and stop all import. This is what it will happen if we depend too much on 1 country

Typical CCP.... might be time for this to happen as hard as it may be economically in the beginning! We’ll survive maybe even flourish...

You all know in business and politics you dont bite the hand that feeds you.

Simple.... Stop all export to Chi-na Tax the shit out if all incoming chin-ese goods Confiscate all Chi-na owned assets on Australian soil Rebuild Australian industry [they] need us far more than we need them, we just got lazy.

Time to let go of China!! Their money isn’t worth it.

It shouldn't be up to Australia to push for an independent inquiry it should be the WHO and the UN. But we all know the virus was man-made and if found to be true it would have devasting consequences to the US-China trade agreement.

Whos worried Australians i have spoken to are HAPPY if they go away and even happier when we sue them for billions

China can keep its crap we should never have sent so much industry overseas

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