Scott Morrison is one pissed fella and rightly so. Australia, for the record, puts its own soldiers on trial on war crimes charges. China doesn't. The only hypocrisy involves China interfering in the internal affairs of other countries while expecting other countries not to interfere in its own "internal" affairs. China's trade war on Australia, its threats and intimidation of Australian nationals residing in China, particularly Australian journalists, and now, this disgusting tweet, all started because Australia had the temerity to call for an independent investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic. China is behaving absolutely vindictively over a minor, perceived slight that wasn't even an insult, but a reasonable request. Zhao Lijian is one absolutely sick, twisted piece of shit, and he is being defended rather than fired for his vile, undiplomatic tweet. The CCP stands with a literal sociopath.
Shame, a core component of traditional Chinese culture, doesn't seem to register in the minds of these Chinese, absolutist, communists who continue to govern China through fear. Instead of apologizing for their bullshit, they constantly demand others apologize to them and frame themselves as perpetual victims of evil whitey racist imperialists who can do absolutely no wrong while behaving exactly as their historic oppressors have done in the past. Expect them to implement further trade tariffs and make life even more difficult for Australian expats in China in response to Canberra's audacity to so much as demand an apology for something that China did or said. Aussies and Kiwis were supposed to lie down and roll over like puppies instead of, you know, asking serious questions and standing up for themselves. That's what we're dealing with.
I stand shoulder to shoulder with Australia and the Western world. CCP delenda est.
Why Scott Morrison continues to hold out hope for a "reset" in relations with a regime that has absolutely nothing in common with a liberal democracy such as Australia, I have no idea. Morrison has yet to comprehend true evil in all its horror. And why the hell does Twitter continue to host Chinese-based accounts when Twitter is effectively banned in China? Zhao Lijian and all of these Chinese accounts should be taken down post-haste until China opens up politically.
So NSGers, what actions should be taken by Australia and Twitter going forward in response to this escalating BS from China?
I think a total severing of diplomatic and trade ties is in order on Australia's part. Australian nationals should be evacuated from China ASAP. Best to fully deprive China of any remaining means to blackmail and bully Australia into submission. Total economic decoupling should be on the table.
Zhao Lijian and all these Chinese accounts should be banned from Twitter for as long as Twitter is banned and censored in China while special exemptions are made for Zhao, Hua Chunying, and other assorted wumaos (paid 50-cent, online trolls). Twitter can do this instead of going after right-wing and conservative commentators in liberal democracies where the platform isn't banned and selling its principles down the gutter like the unprincipled, corporate, neoliberal hypocrites that they clearly are.
