, but this is the first time an explicit link can be made to Chinese influence activities in Australia. The efforts of Chinese companies to help their compatriots back home may have contributed to shortages of products in Australia, particularly masks, which are concerning medical experts.
The work of Mr Kuang has multiple aims according to sources aware of his activities and open source documents sighted by, which include both humanitarian and political considerations. The parties donating goods appear to be well-meaning and their activities are in line with genuine contributions made by thousands of Chinese Australians to combat the fallout of COVID-19 in China and Australia.
The involvement of Chinese government agencies in directing humanitarian or profit motivated activities in Australia is almost certain to draw scrutiny from Australian security agencies.
Another side of this story that will never be published by SMH. Doesn’t suit their narratives.
Is the government in particular Home affair trying to diverting public focus from their incompetence to fail to control the border and let virus into this country?
It is part of CCP plan to deceive the world around Covid_19. This is NOT about racism. This is about who to trust and who to deal with for our own good and health.
Another one? You are working so hard at smearing China. Is that the foundation of your paper? Disgusting!
As an influential media, so misleading and picky, how disgusting you are
This picture is the beginning of the year Chinese high-priced Australian procurement of medical products to support Wuhan, and now the Australian government failed to prevent the epidemic, you have to blame Chinese,
Based on SMH this reporting, Kuang Yuanping is truly evil, and deserves to be jailed!
Crime!!!!!! Thank you for exposing
What are you doing about all Chinese rapping Australia
Jail time, surely.
smh can do better than this
Get some education, do more research before comment, thx
If only Aussies are as patriotic. Instead we complain about being stranded on cruise ships and overseas.
Imagine you are an Australian patriot living in China, Australia's epidemic has been out of control, but there is only a few cases in China, and you have the ability and resource to organize such a thing for your mother country, what would you do?
Have they broken any law?
Is Australia a free country of capitalism? You can refuse to sell if you don't like it, right? Aussies just can't prepare for rainy days!
It happened on Feb when China's situation was most serious, but Australia only had a few cases. Considering his background, I didn't see any wrong he did such a thing. ask yourself, would it be better to be an onlooker? Australian media,please stop string up racism hatred！
Aus govt has no preparation when the virus emerged in China. It should prohibit any export of all medical supplies including masks. Taiwan did such prohibition immediately in January because China's agents would purchase them all over the world. The shortage will hurt a country.
“former” chinese military.... yes... i’m sure he’s not still on the CCP payroll.... nothing to see here...
now we're sending them fish just to get medical supplies back ! - legally bought or not Aust has to maintain some real grip on what is happening in an emergency situation.
And watch how this same “reporter” (better known as deep state propagandist) ‘a 4corners “reporting” on Chinese “spy” was rubbished:
Strength in diversity.
The same “reporter” (better known as deep state propagandist) was exposed altering documents and decontextualising footage while defaming Chinese:
This is tiny compared to what have been wasted.
So? Australia spend the last 20 years being propped up by Chinese commodity buying. It's time now to pay back the favor to China.
Terrorist! He needs locking up leaving our country without enough medical supplies they should have to immediatelyreplace everything at their cost! And flood Australian hospitals with it!
Jail him
Not sure how a former Chinese military leader passes the character test for a visa but anyway.
Disgusting. Where’s our government? Absent as usual
Our medical supplies & much needed vital equipment need to stay here in Australia where we need it now!
Even US sent them their stockpile in Jan.
Do we get the real or fake ones? daigou should be made illegal and all goods seized.
Customs not doing your job only worry about what comes in don't give a flying fuck what leaves our shores
bencubby Are we worried that this happened for second time, but no-one checked that we placed a replacement order. Someone is asleep at the wheel. We are not alone USA is out of control and are most EU countries.
Many countries overseas had aleady banned exports of vital equipment and ppe last month. We should have banned it much earlier.Its a good lesson to learn.
We in Australia can't trust the Communist party of China, nothing they do is in our best interest.
Reducing prices across Australia wouldn't hurt either...
February is news?
And so what are you doing about it just send him home
Repatriate these bastards. Australia doesn't want you.
One of the positives to come from Covid-19 is a global reassessment of dependencies on China. From both federal and consumer levels we are likely to se a resurgent appetite for domestic produce. If only Holden...... COVID19au qanda Covid_19australia
I bet the Muslims are thankful to be getting a break while the ignorant and right wing patriots go after the Chinese.
Chinese Communist Party agencies and a group with links to organised crime How could a crim got tru ASIO screening
People will either take this as logical or some form of lose to the Australian people. Our government has known well in advanced about every thing in relation to this situation, we are in at the moment. Our own products were purchased and sold. Not sure why people are upset.
So basically he sent goods required 'home' to China during a disaster, which the Australian Government OBVIOUSLY thought a good idea... whilst Australia supposedly PREPARED for a coming epidemic, and will now import goods from China for Australia as a goodwill gesture. AND?
Is he stilk here and let's track him down; a few questions to ask
Boutique Give Gift, a Hong Kong based florist is proudly offering anti-covid19 gift packs ‘containing face masks and sanitiser we’ve bought all over the world’ according to a recent marketing email.
At the height of the Wuhan emergency the PM of Australia was not buying medical supplies for Australians... he was going to the footy. What law was broken here?
Quite legal & endorsed by government. Where does the blame lie?
Oh, great work, SMH. Now how about you tell us who happily sold all the stuff LEGALLY to him?
Legally bought and exported...people here obviously made money...maybe laissez-faire capitalism isn't all it's cracked up to be...
Good morning Der sturmerrr
Ahh yes. Creating more hysteria by highlighting Chinese people buying things. Where was all this hysteria when all of the $$ was flowing freely? Non-existent. Bit rich crying foul now when no one had an issue getting paid before. Australia chose money over morals a long time ago.
jboyded They needed it ; it was for sale; they paid the market price. BE ANGRY with your GOVERNMENT that didn’t see this coming even tho many of us had begun preparing.
Cool now we get it buy it back from them at a higher rate.
I have no sympathy to Chinese atm sorry
Deport him as they would do to us
The She Will Be Right's. Ripped off again. This bloke should be deported !
Deport him from the country
They give us the virus and now take our supplies ? Wth. Complete selfishness. We have to think again of who we are “friends” with
Doesn’t do a lot for the relationship or trust. It seems they have shown their hand in where there loyalty lies.
Did he pay? What’s the issue here? Is it because he is chinese?
Please stop with these senseless stories. You are inciting racism against our Asian community!
And a Labor MP in Australia says “The only way for China to reach its potential is for China to force a change to the rules and create a new world order.”
Australia Gov and Australia Aid donate 27 millions medical stuff to China! Thanks Australia!
Australia Gov donate 100 tonnes medical stuff to China. Thank you Australia! Information from Australia embassy in China
BHP and FMG,CSL donate medical stuff to China. Thank you Australian
What happen to that fake spy chief Wang?
They will outsmart us at every turn. Australian government is an example of letting the fox into the henhouse.
He wants to help Aus. China’s soft power approach is all lies and more a Trojan horse. Never can be trusted as pure friends based relationships
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