CCP Threatens Australia Over Support for Taiwan

Australia will be “pushed over the edge of an abyss”, China says.

Taiwan presidential candidate Lai Ching-te (L) and his running mate Hsiao Bi-khim (R), from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), gesture in front of supporters after they registered running for the 2024 presidential elections in Taipei on Nov. 21, 2023. Sam Yeh/AFP via Getty Images

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has made its most direct threat to Australia, warning of consequences if Australia supported Taiwan’s newly elected president, Lai Ching-te (William Lai), and his ruling Democratic Progressive Party.

In a statement, the Chinese Ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian cautioned that “If Australia is tied to the chariot of Taiwan separatist forces, the Australian people would be pushed over the edge of an abyss.”