Dastayariagate is the gift that keeps giving:
China’s Foreign Ministry issued the travel advice on a social media account ahead of the current long weekend in China, which is a popular time for families to travel overseas. In a series of posts over several days, it issued security warnings for Australia, the US, South Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, South Africa, Congo, Thailand, Egypt and East Timor.
The inclusion of Australia and the US on the list suggests the postings could be politically motivated; Beijing has previously used warnings about student safety in countries like Australia as a subtle way to exert pressure on the government via the education sector…However, the advice on Australia posted on the Consular Affairs bureau’s WeChat account did not specify what the security concerns were.
