The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) said the Chinese Embassy in Canberra broke protocol by publicly revealing “purported details” of “official diplomatic exchanges” between Ambassador Cheng Jingye and DFAT Secretary Frances Adamson on April 28.
This latest episode by the Chinese regime follows Australia cautioning China against attempts at “economic coercion” as Australia rallies international support for an independent investigation into the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) and the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) handling of the CCP virus pandemic.
