SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia
has asked the Chinese ambassador to explain his “threats of economic coercion”
in response to Canberra’s push for an international inquiry into the source and
spread of the coronavirus.
Australia’s call for a probe
into the pandemic, which originated in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in
December, has angered China, its largest trading partner, following a couple of
years of diplomatic tension.
Cheng Jingye, Beijing’s
ambassador to Australia, told a newspaper on Monday that Chinese consumers
could boycott Australian beef, wine, tourism and universities in response.…….
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