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Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 17 (Reporters Ma Zhuoyan and Cheng Xin) In response to the recent China-related report released by the Australian Institute of Strategic Policy (ASPI), Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said on the 17th this is the benefit of the “funding host” of ASPI services. To serve as another example of a tool to contain China and anti-China, we hope that all sectors of Australian society and the international community will jointly resist the evil actions of ASPI, an anti-China organization.
At the usual press conference that day, Wang Wenbin said that Australian media has repeatedly exposed that ASPI has long received funding from US defense agencies, diplomats and arms dealers, and has fabricated various rumors against China. .
Wang Wenbin said, for example, in a report published by The Australian in August this year, citing ASPI analyst Zhou Anlan’s report titled “Chinese National Defense Academy Tracker”, falsely claiming that Australian universities participated in the China’s “Thousand Talents Program”. The famous scholar “provides opportunities for the CCP to access its technological inventions and can be used for military and intelligence purposes.” The Australian Research Council (ARC) asked the relevant universities to investigate the academics, but the research results showed that no anomalies were found. Australian independent media “APAC News” recently revealed that the aforementioned ASPI report was funded by AU $ 190,000 from the US State Department, and the allegations were not supported by any evidence. The author of the report, Zhou Anlan, also publicly apologized for this.
Wang Wenbin said that this is another example of ASPI serving the interests of “funders” and acting as a tool to contain and against China. The various China-related reports that you have prepared cannot change the essence of your “rumor maker”, no matter how it gets revamped. All sectors of Australian society and the international community are expected to keep their eyes open, distinguish right from wrong, and condemn and jointly resist the evil actions of anti-China institutions like ASPI.
