Andrew Hastie and James Paterson were to visit China next month on a trip organised by China Matters think-tank, but they said they had been barred because of their “frankness about the Chinese Communist Party”.
The two conservative members of parliament have been very critical of the Chinese regime, its attempts to exert influence in Australia and of Beijing’s handling of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. In August, China condemned Hastie for an opinion piece in Australian newspapers in which he warned about China’s influence, comparing Beijing’s rise to the threat from Nazi Germany.
Hastie is not a minister but is an influential member of Australia’s ruling Liberal-National coalition, and is the chair of parliament’s intelligence and security committee, which is privy to classified information. Late on Saturday, the Chinese embassy in Canberra issued a statement saying Beijing will remain open to dialogue as long as “the people concerned genuinely repent and redress their mistakes”. — Reuters
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