China’s new insult to Australia

China has not laid off taking pot shots at Australia. State-owned media has published a new cartoon about our relationship with the US.

Beijing has accused Australia of being a front for the US as tensions continue to flare following an inflammatory tweet.

In a new cartoon published by Chinese state-owned media, a kangaroo’s shadow on a wall is portrayed as being the US eagle.

The Global Times put out the image on Sunday along with an article about Australia’s ties to the US.

It went on to write that although Australia was tied to the US, the country was clear that China’s role in its economic development was “irreplaceable”.

“It cannot afford to completely break ties with China. In short, the awkward situation that Australia is in simply resulted from the fact that it provoked China but was unwilling to pay for the damage,” it states.

Australian ministers have repeatedly attempted to get their Chinese counterparts on the phone to discuss the deteriorating relationship to no avail.
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