I'm not intending to take Albanese's part, so don't read into my...

I'm not intending to take Albanese's part, so don't read into my post what isn't there.....

but. diplomacy with such thin-skinned and precious people as the Chinese govt, who must have a face the size of the moon ( )...... so of course its not diplomacy to react to what China's Premier says.

inferiority? perhaps they feel they've been treated as inferiors by the attempts at turning China into a Euro or UK colony for many years..... and they always had a fear of foreigners.