2 Dec 2020

China takes aim at NZ over spat with Australia

From Checkpoint, 5:21 pm on 2 December 2020

"Kiwis bleat like Aussie sheep but don't condemn Afghan killings" was the headline on China's state-run media Global Times website today as the diplomatic spat hurtles on.

It's after New Zealand expressed concern for China's use of "disinformation" in a tweet that attacked Australia over the Afghan war crimes report and used a doctored image of an Australian soldier holding a knife to an Afghan child's throat. In response,

China has questioned why New Zealand involved itself, and whether that shows it supports Australia's actions in Afghanistan.

Here's our political editor, Jane Patterson.