Former Australian PM Scott Morrison accuses west of appeasing China
by Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspon from World news | The Guardian on (#68Y1P)
Speech in Tokyo draws parallel with the Munich agreement with Hitler, and claims credit for urging others to stand up to Beijing bullying'
The former Australian prime minister Scott Morrison has accused the west of appeasing" Beijing and has claimed credit for rallying other countries to call out the bullying of the Chinese government".
In a speech to be delivered at a conference in Tokyo on Friday, Morrison is also expected to urge the Albanese government to consider using Magnitsky-style targeted human rights sanctions laws to hold Chinese government officials accountable.
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