Canada Backs Australia, Condemns China for Spreading Fake Image

Canada Backs Australia, Condemns China for Spreading Fake Image
Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne rises in the House of Commons on July 8, 2020. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
Justina Wheale
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The Canadian government is condemning China for circulating a doctored image of an Australian soldier, adding its voice to international backlash over the incident.

Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Zhao Lijian posted the digitally altered picture of a grinning Australian soldier holding a bloodied knife to the throat of an Afghan child on Twitter on Nov. 30, amid deteriorating relations between the two countries.