Australia correspondent Annika Smethurst on the escalating war of words between Australia and China which some Australian media are labelling as the lowest point in the countries' relationship in 50 years.
Australia wants China to apologise for a doctored image, tweeted by a Chinese official - showing an Australian soldier slitting the throat of an Afghan child.
New Zealand has formally registered its concern to China regarding the use of an "unfactual post".
A spokesperson for China's foreign ministry says she was surprised New Zealand expressed concern about the promotion of a doctored image of an Australian soldier.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian speaks at the daily media briefing in Beijing on April 8, 2020. Photo: Greg Baker / AFP
