Chinese authorities have ratcheted up their travel recommendations for Australia, declaring Australian law enforcement agencies have actually been “arbitrarily” browsing Chinese people and taking their belongings.
Bottom line:
- China has currently warned its students against travelling to Australia
- The new travel guidance increases tension between the two countries
- The recommendations is essentially redundant as Australia’s borders remain closed to all however people and permanent locals
The language used by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in Beijing is a direct echo of the guidance provided by the Australian Government to its people in China that they might “be at risk of approximate detention,” and is the current example of tensions in between the two nati