Via Domainfax:
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s call for China to cut off its oil pipeline to North Korea has prompted a fierce rebuke from a high-circulating Chinese newspaper, which accused him of going beyond even Donald Trump.
The Global Times, which sells more than one million copies, devoted an editorial to Mr Turnbull’s “indiscreet” and “absurd” comments, and saying Australia was a “second class citizen of the West”.
“Although President Trump has complained about China in contradictory statements, he has so far never publicly asked China to cut North Korea’s oil supply,” the Global Times wrote.
The editorial said Australia had become America’s loudspeaker in the Asia Pacific.
“This speaker works very hard, and very proud, but more and more it becomes local noise, self-righteously blah blah blahing.”
…”Australia does not have to pay or bear the loss for sanctions against North Korea. Even if war breaks out in [the] peninsula, refugees would not run to Australia. How can people not hate such a country who plays high-profile from a far distance and tries to instruct China what to do.”
Turnbull’s statements yesterday were idiotic.
