Liberal Senator Eric Abetz has found support amongst Australia’s Chinese community after he was criticised for asking three Chinese Australians to “unconditionally condemn” the totalitarian Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Abetz’s question was mischaracterised as a loyalty test in op-eds and commentary by the hearing witnesses—Osmond Chiu, Wesa Chau, and Yun Jiang—and this then became the focus of the media’s critical narrative.