China denounces Liberal MP Andrew Hastie's Nazi Germany analogy
by Paul Karp from World news | The Guardian on (#4MV3V)
Embassy accuses MP of having a 'Cold-War mentality' after he said rise of China was putting Australia's sovereignty at risk
China has said it "strongly deplores" comments by the Liberal MP Andrew Hastie comparing the west's attitude to China to France's inadequate defences against Nazi Germany, accusing him of a "Cold War mentality and ideological bias".
On Thursday morning Labor branded Hastie's intervention "extreme, overblown and unwelcome" and Scott Morrison attempted to distance himself from the backbencher's remarks.
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