Banned from Australia over an alleged foreign interference plot in New South Wales, Chen Hong maintains he has done nothing wrong and continues to criticise the diplomatic stance taken by the former Coalition government.
Chen Hong was targeted by Australian authorities over an alleged foreign interference plot in New South Wales in 2020.abc.net.au/news/chinese-scholar-barred-from-australia-joins-high-level-dialogoue/102842278A Chinese academic removed from Australia by the Morrison government on security grounds was among delegates who took part in high-level discussions between both countries last week in Beijing.
"Australia's previous Morrison government insisted on being the vanguard of the US-China strategy, causing serious damage to China-Australia relations," Professor Chen was quoted as saying in Chinese media last week. Former cabinet ministers Julie Bishop and Craig Emerson participated in the Australia-China High Level Dialogue in China last week.
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