China envoy threatens Australia boycott over virus inquest demand
Chinese Ambassador to Australia Cheng Jingye has implied that China and its citizens will boycott Australia after Canberra called for an investigation into China's role in the Covid-19 pandemic. – EPA pic, April 27, 2020.
CHINA’S ambassador in Australia has warned that demands for a probe into the spread of the coronavirus could lead to a consumer boycott of Aussie wine or trips Down Under. Australia has joined the United States in calling for a thorough investigation of how the virus transformed from a localised epidemic in central China into a pandemic that has killed more than 200,000 people, forced billions into isolation and torpedoed the global economy.
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