Australia will not surrender values to China's coercion, Scott Morrison saysAustralian Prime Minister Scott Morrison is in no mood to be intimidated by China. The Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has declared Australia will not surrender its values in response to "coercion" from China, in the wake of Beijing's latest blow to another key export industry. Using the word "coercion" for the first time since the diplomatic spat began, Scott Morrison told Sydney radio station 2GB it would be up to Chinese students to decide whether they want to come to Australia. Australian universities have rejected accusations campuses are unsafe, and Chinese students have echoed those calls. In April, Foreign Minister Marise Payne accused China of "economic coercion" after warnings of a consumer backlash against key Australian goods and services.

Source: The Standard June 11, 2020 05:26 UTC