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Chinese whispers

Beijing sees Labor as a more compliant partner

29 January 2022

9:00 AM

29 January 2022

9:00 AM

This week, WeChat, the most popular messaging app, and social media platform in China removed the account of the Australian prime minister and renamed it ‘Australian-Chinese New Life’. Those netizens who had hoped to follow the prime minister were informed that they were now following an account which says its purpose is ‘providing living in Australia information for the Chinese community’.

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