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China slaps down PM\u2019s message ago 1 hour 3 Views 18 min read
\nChina has censored Prime Minister Scott Morrison\u2019s direct appeal to millions of Chinese citizens on the social messaging app WeChat, in which he defended Australian soldiers after a fake image showing a soldier preparing to slit the throat of a child.The material published on the official WeChat account of Mr Morrison was deleted by the\u2026
\nChina has censored Prime Minister Scott Morrison\u2019s direct appeal to millions of Chinese citizens on the social messaging app WeChat, in which he defended Australian soldiers after a fake image showing a soldier preparing to slit the throat of a child.
\nThe material published on the official WeChat account of Mr Morrison was deleted by the social media giant on Wednesday night, with the Prime Minister\u2019s office confirming it was aware the post had been blocked.
\nThe message now states that the content \u201cinvolves the use of inciting, misleading, or contrary to objective facts, text, pictures, videos, etc.,\u201d
\nTwitter has refused Australia\u2019s request to remove the original offending image, a photoshopped piece of \u201cart\u201d depicting a grinning Australian soldier crouching in an Afghan flag and an Australian flag and holding a knife to the throat of a child.
\nIn the now censored post which was originally shared on Tuesday night , the Prime Minister insisted that the incendiary image would not diminish Australia\u2019s respect for the Chinese community at home or abroad.
\n\u201cI am extremely proud of all Australians who pull a uniform on for Australia. I am proud of their service and of their dedication to keeping Australia and Australians safe. I am proud of their loyalty to our country and its values,\u201d he said.
\n\u201cThe post of a false image of an Australian soldier does not diminish our respect for and appreciation of our Chinese Australian community or indeed our friendship with the people of China .\u201d
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\nTencent, the parent company that owns WeChat, was the subject of US President Donald Trump\u2019s recent executive order, which demands US firms stop doing business with it.
\nWeChat has over a billion users and is widely used for messaging, to pay bills, share news or order taxis.
\nThe Prime Minister first joined the Chinese social messaging platform in the lead up to the 2019 election.
\nIn Tuesday night\u2019s post, the Prime Minister was at pains to note his respect for the nation\u2019s Chinese community.
\n\u201cWe acknowledge and greatly appreciate and value the contribution that generations of Chinese migrants have made to Australia,\u201d he said.
\n\u201cMigrants from China have been arriving in Australia for more than two hundred years and Australians of Chinese background have added immensely to our nation.\u201d
\nAs he has previously noted, he said the Chinese community\u2019s adherence to COVID-19 rules and quarantine was vital to containing the virus as Australians returned from Wuhan and other parts of China earlier this year.
\n\u201cThey were the ones who first went into self-isolation, they were the ones who were returning from family visits to China and they were coming home and it was through their care, commitment and patience that actually Australia was protected in that first wave. Australians are very grateful for that,\u2019\u2019 he said.
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\nChina\u2019s state-controlled media this week urged Prime Minister Scott Morrison to \u201ckneel down on the ground and slap himself in the face\u201d over alleged war crimes in Afghanistan.
\n\u201cMorrison should kneel down on the ground, slap himself in the face, and kowtow to apologise to Afghans \u2013 all these should be done in a live telecast,\u201d the editor wrote.
\n\u201cNo matter what harsh words people use on them for the murder, the Australian government should have accepted it. How dare they talk back and say they are offended!\u201d<\/p>\n

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