Posted on 06/26/2020 5:28:04 PM PDT by naturalman1975
A bizarre row broke out between a senior Chinese state media journalist and an Australian cameraman covering Scott Morrison's media conference.
Tensions flared in the prime minister's courtyard when Bai Xu, the chief of Xinhua New's Canberra bureau, became angry that a SBS cameraman was filming her.
The Australian cameraman turned the lens on the Chinese reporter after witnesses claimed a photographer Ms Xu was with was taking photos of other journalists on Friday.
The unusual scene became even more heated when Ms Xu put her hand over But as the incident drew the eye of other Australian journalists and the federal police, the two Chinese reporters quickly left the room, the Daily Telegraph reported.
As she departed, she was followed by the prime minister's security team, who later said she did hold a permanent media pass but the photographer did not.
The photographer is also understood to have refused to answer when asked where they worked. the lens and told the cameraman to stop filming.
Ironically, one of the subjects touched on at the press event was the issue of foreign interference by China.
Earlier that morning, the Sydney home and office of New South Wales Labor MP Shaoquett Moselmane was raided by ASIO officials and the federal police.
The Lebanese-born backbencher known for singing the praises of Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party - is now the target of the new national security and espionage laws.
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Does e. e. cummings lurk in news rooms these days? “Hold that thought.”
Chinese spy getting pictures of foriegn reporters for future targeting?
This reminds me of the Chinese ‘tourists’ taking pictures of our Military bases in Florida. I HATE the Chinese Government.
Given the political leaning of a number of the Canberra press pool, a number would end up in the CCP photo album in the section titled ‘Useful Idiots’.
The Chinese seem to be hell bent on pissing off Australia.
bttt
Check this out.
Yeah, what’s up with that? Didn’t the PRC recently launch a big cyber-attack against Australia within the last couple of weeks?
Don’t know about that but they’re being major a-holes.
Chinese president declares support for Palestinian state
Ynetnews ^ | 1/22/16 | Ynetnews
Posted on 1/22/2016, 3:06:20 PM by Objective Scrutator
China supports the creation of a Palestinian state along the 1967 borders, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Thursday during an Arab League convention in Cairo.
The Palestinian issue “should not be marginalized,” Xi said, according to Xinhua, China’s official news agency. “We are in favor of putting in place a new mechanism to promote peace as to the Middle East question, and support efforts made by the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation toward this end,” said the leader of the world’s most populous country and its second-largest economy.
Xi declared that that Beijing “firmly supports the Middle East peace process, the establishment of a state of Palestine with full sovereignty on the basis of the 1967 borders and East Jerusalem as its capital,” Xinhua reported.
Xi also announced grants worth about $7.6 million for the Palestinians and support the solar power project in the Palestinian territories.
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Photographing the other journalists?
Not a whole lot of other ways to read this one.
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Can't blame them, they think we're freaking idiots. The Chinese found out what it was like to compete with the West, seem to have forgot, and will have to find out again. That's why they remain at core a sh*thole.
Tension between China and Australia has been heating up, and this will increase it.
LOL...I read that incomprehensible gibberish of an article and thought “Who the hell wrote this junk?”
The grandson of ee cummings is indeed a good guess!
guilty
Red Chinese media my Kung Fu ass. PLA spies. PERIOD.
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