CHINA-AUSTRALIA: CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN POSTS PHOTOGRAPH OF AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER IN AFGHANISTAN WITH KNIFE AT GIRL'S THROAT
Following the release of the Brereton report, which found Australian special forces committed at least 39 unlawful killings during the war in Afghanistan, Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) spokesman and Deputy Director of MoFA's Information Department, Zhao Lijian at last week's regular weekly press briefing said China "strongly condemned" the soldiers' actions, and said the report "fully exposed the hypocrisy of the human rights and freedom these Western countries are always chanting". Later on, November 30, Zhao Lijian released a photograph on Twitter showing a grinning Australian soldier holding a bloody knife to the throat of a child who is holding a lamb. The child's face is covered with a blue cloth. The text beneath the photo reads: "Don't be afraid, we are coming to bring you peace!"
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