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Australians urged to boycott Chinese products for Christmas

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Newstalk ZB / news.com.au,
Publish Date
Wed, 2 Dec 2020, 9:43AM
Senator Malcolm Roberts. Picture Kym SmithSource:News Corp Australia
Senator Malcolm Roberts. Picture Kym SmithSource:News Corp Australia

Australians urged to boycott Chinese products for Christmas

Author
Newstalk ZB / news.com.au,
Publish Date
Wed, 2 Dec 2020, 9:43AM

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has renewed calls for Australians to boycott Chinese products this Christmas, as relations between the two countries plunge to new lows.

“You might think it’s awfully hard, yes it is hard, I get it,” Ms Hanson said in a Facebook video on Monday night. “We all have our part to play in this. Think about it when you buy that furniture, that toy, that food, whatever you buy, have a look where it comes from, and if it’s China, let it sit on the shelf.”

Senator Hanson first proposed a boycott last week in response to “China’s recent economic attacks against Australia” – including a devastating 200 per cent tariff on Australian wine.

On Monday, China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian posted a doctored image on Twitter depicting an Australian soldier holding a bloodied knife to the throat of an Afghan child, in reference to allegations in the Brereton war crimes report.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison slammed the image as “repugnant” and demanded an apology from the Chinese government. “It is deeply offensive to every Australian, every Australian who has served in that uniform, every Australian who serves in that uniform today,” he said at an unscheduled press conference.

In her Facebook video, Ms Hanson said it “absolutely disgusts me”. “This is why I am so anti-China – they are a country that says they want to grow to a stage where they will control and that’s exactly what they’re doing,” she said.

She said 20 per cent of products Australia imports “we can’t buy from anywhere else but China”. “Our shelves are full of Chinese products because we’ve stopped our manufacturing industry,” she said.

Queensland Senator Malcolm Roberts has responded by calling for a boycott on Chinese products this Christmas - and told Mike Hosking  he's getting strong support.

“We’re getting support from politicians in Japan, New Zealand, the United States and other countries. They’re recommending people buy a bottle of Australian wine to let China know what we think of them.

Roberts says Australia won't be cowered by China.

“China is trying to control Australia,  and beneath control is fear. Their development and construction needs our iron ore.

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