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China envoy says Australia fired first shot with Huawei ban
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CANBERRA, 25 June 2022, (TON): A Chinese ambassador said “Australia had fired the first shot in its deteriorating relations with China four years ago when the then-government banned Chinese-owned telecommunications giant Huawei from rolling out the country’s 5G network due to security concerns.”
Xiao Qian, China’s ambassador to Australia since January, gave a rare public address at University Technology Sydney that was repeatedly interrupted by human rights protesters holding signs that read “Free Tibet” and “Hong Kong independence.”
In Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said “he was not aware of the human rights protesters at Xiao’s speech, but we hope the relevant people will observe basic diplomatic protocol.”
The address comes as China shows signs of thawing a diplomatic deepfreeze of Australian ministers following the election of a new government last month.
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