Australia's Hong Kong intervention was hardly strident but that didn't matter to China
by Daniel Hurst from on (#55HRY)
Scott Morrison seems at pains to play down his diplomatic response to the new security laws, focusing on economic opportunities
Even as he moved to offer some certainty to Hongkongers who fear the future of the city under the new national security law, Scott Morrison seemed at pains to play down the significance of his own announcement.
The Australian prime minister stressed the move to grant a five-year extension to about 10,000 temporary visa holders already in Australia, and then a pathway to permanent residency, was merely an adjustment" of existing policy settings.
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