New Zealand and France have now joined Australia in denouncing an inflammatory tweet sent by a Chinese official about Australian soldiers in Afghanistan.
The fake tweet showed an image of a grinning Australian soldier holding a bloodied knife to an Afghan child's throat. The image has been labelled 'repugnant' by Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison who has demanded an apology from China. China has refused.
Today our Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said New Zealand has voiced its concerns directly with Chinese authorities and the French government described it as an insult to all countries whose armed forces had been engaged in Afghanistan. China expert Professor Anne-Marie Brady spoke to Karyn about the escalating conflict between the two countries.
