PM takes to WeChat with message for Chinese Australians amid throat slit photo furore

Daniel McCulloch and Rebecca Gredley

AAP/7NEWS

Published: 02/12/2020Updated: 2 December 2020 10:33 AM

The prime minister distanced the diaspora from a diplomatic dispute over a doctored image posted by a Chinese official of an Australian soldier threatening an Afghan child.

“We acknowledge and greatly appreciate and value the contribution that generations of Chinese migrants have made to Australia,” he posted to WeChat.

“Our Chinese Australian community will continue to play an important role in ensuring we remain a successful, multicultural nation.”

Meanwhile, hundreds of politicians from 19 countries are urging their citizens to drink Australian wine this December to show Chinese President Xi Jinping the world will not be intimidated by bullying.

China has slapped tariffs of up to 212 per cent on Australian wine, bringing an industry worth more than $1 billion to its knees.

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