Kiwi Farms
So, for the past few weeks, China's been losing their fucking minds over Australia, because we're pushing for an investigation into Coronavirus and Wuhan, and we're also pushing for Taiwan to be introduced as a member of the WHO due to their help and conduct with information and supplies.
Naturally, China's taking our diplomatic stances like the fine, upstanding and mature country that they clearly are.
China bans meat from four major Australian suppliers after threatening revenge if Scott Morrison continued to push for a coronavirus inquiry
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Four Australian abattoirs have been suspended from exporting red meat to China as trade tensions between the two nations escalate in the wake of the coronavirus spread.
The meat suppliers - three from Queensland and one from New South Wales - sell around $1billion worth of meat to China each year, making up around a third of total beef exports to our biggest trading partner.
It comes a day after China threatened to slap an 80 per cent tariff on Australian barley, a move which would cripple the industry.
The Kilcoy Pastoral Company, Beef City in Toowoomba, Brisbane's Dinmore meatworks and the Northern Co-operative Meat Company at Casino, New South Wales have been temporarily blacklisted.
Trade Minister Simon Birmingham told Daily Mail Australia the suspensions were due to 'highly technical issues' around labelling and health certification.
'My expectation is that the technical issues have all been addressed,' he told reporters on Tuesday afternoon.
The difficulties in the bi-lateral trade relationship followed the Australian government's call for a ban on wildlife wet markets and an inquiry into how the coronavirus originated and spread from Wuhan.
The proposed inquiry - as well as repeated suggestions that China covered up the spread of the disease - have infuriated Beijing.
'Maybe the ordinary people will think why they should drink Australian wine or eat Australian beef,' he told the AFR.
The dispute comes after a torrid year for Australia-China relations saw clashes over political interference, human rights abuses in western China and Huawei 5G equipment.
Former Australian ambassador to China Geoff Raby told Daily Mail Australia that diplomatic relations are 'at their lowest point since they began 46 years ago'.
The proposed tariffs on barley come after China's 18-month anti-dumping investigation which concludes on 19 May.
China escalates war of words with New Zealand and issues a formal rebuke to Jacinda Ardern for supporting Taiwan's bid to rejoin the World Health Organization
China has formally rebuked New Zealand for its support of Taiwan rejoining the World Health Organization, escalating a diplomatic row.
China Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said Beijing 'deplores and opposes' New Zealand's position as one of several countries - including Australia - to back a return of Taiwan to the WHO.
New Zealand backs Taiwan's right to contribute its success in combating COVID-19 at next week's World Health Assembly, joining key allies including the United States.
Taiwan's membership of the WHO has become a front in a geopolitical fight between the US and China, which claims Taiwan comes under its jursidiction.
Mr Zhao said New Zealand's position severely violated the one-China principle which was 'the fundamental underpinning of the progress achieved in bilateral relations since the establishment of diplomatic ties'.
'China urges New Zealand to strictly abide by the one-China principle and immediately stop its wrong actions on Taiwan-related issues to avoid damaging bilateral relations,' he said.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who put off comment on the matter for days by saying she was focused on her country's response to COVID-19, stressed New Zealand's support for the one-China policy but said the world should be able to 'gather that knowledge' from Taiwan at the global health body.
'In the same way, the world learned a lot from China's response,' she said.
'Their use of a lockdown in Wuhan demonstrated their ability to control the spread of the virus in a way that probably saved a large number of lives.
'Equally, a place like Taiwan has used some particular approaches that have demonstrated also success in their management.'
Kiwi Foreign Minister Winston Peters was talking tough last week, telling China's ambassador in Wellington to 'listen to her master' in reponse to other criticism.
On Tuesday, Mr Peters likened New Zealand's position to a famous 1970s stand-off with France.
'The Kirk government put a frigate into the Pacific to protest against the French nuclear tests,' he said.
'We didn't back off our responsibility to our neighbourhood, and dare I say it to humanity.
'We have got to stand up for ourselves and true friendship is based on equality.'
Naturally, China's taking our diplomatic stances like the fine, upstanding and mature country that they clearly are.
China bans meat from four major Australian suppliers after threatening revenge if Scott Morrison continued to push for a coronavirus inquiry
China bans meat from Australian abattoirs
The meat suppliers - three from Queensland and one from New South Wales, make up around 35 per cent of Australia's beef exports to China which are worth $3.5billion.
Four Australian abattoirs have been suspended from exporting red meat to China as trade tensions between the two nations escalate in the wake of the coronavirus spread.
The meat suppliers - three from Queensland and one from New South Wales - sell around $1billion worth of meat to China each year, making up around a third of total beef exports to our biggest trading partner.
It comes a day after China threatened to slap an 80 per cent tariff on Australian barley, a move which would cripple the industry.
The Kilcoy Pastoral Company, Beef City in Toowoomba, Brisbane's Dinmore meatworks and the Northern Co-operative Meat Company at Casino, New South Wales have been temporarily blacklisted.
Trade Minister Simon Birmingham told Daily Mail Australia the suspensions were due to 'highly technical issues' around labelling and health certification.
'My expectation is that the technical issues have all been addressed,' he told reporters on Tuesday afternoon.
The difficulties in the bi-lateral trade relationship followed the Australian government's call for a ban on wildlife wet markets and an inquiry into how the coronavirus originated and spread from Wuhan.
The proposed inquiry - as well as repeated suggestions that China covered up the spread of the disease - have infuriated Beijing.
'Maybe the ordinary people will think why they should drink Australian wine or eat Australian beef,' he told the AFR.
The dispute comes after a torrid year for Australia-China relations saw clashes over political interference, human rights abuses in western China and Huawei 5G equipment.
Former Australian ambassador to China Geoff Raby told Daily Mail Australia that diplomatic relations are 'at their lowest point since they began 46 years ago'.
The proposed tariffs on barley come after China's 18-month anti-dumping investigation which concludes on 19 May.
China escalates war of words with New Zealand and issues a formal rebuke to Jacinda Ardern for supporting Taiwan's bid to rejoin the World Health Organization
China has formally rebuked New Zealand for its support of Taiwan rejoining the World Health Organization, escalating a diplomatic row.
China Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said Beijing 'deplores and opposes' New Zealand's position as one of several countries - including Australia - to back a return of Taiwan to the WHO.
New Zealand backs Taiwan's right to contribute its success in combating COVID-19 at next week's World Health Assembly, joining key allies including the United States.
Taiwan's membership of the WHO has become a front in a geopolitical fight between the US and China, which claims Taiwan comes under its jursidiction.
Mr Zhao said New Zealand's position severely violated the one-China principle which was 'the fundamental underpinning of the progress achieved in bilateral relations since the establishment of diplomatic ties'.
'China urges New Zealand to strictly abide by the one-China principle and immediately stop its wrong actions on Taiwan-related issues to avoid damaging bilateral relations,' he said.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who put off comment on the matter for days by saying she was focused on her country's response to COVID-19, stressed New Zealand's support for the one-China policy but said the world should be able to 'gather that knowledge' from Taiwan at the global health body.
'In the same way, the world learned a lot from China's response,' she said.
'Their use of a lockdown in Wuhan demonstrated their ability to control the spread of the virus in a way that probably saved a large number of lives.
'Equally, a place like Taiwan has used some particular approaches that have demonstrated also success in their management.'
Kiwi Foreign Minister Winston Peters was talking tough last week, telling China's ambassador in Wellington to 'listen to her master' in reponse to other criticism.
On Tuesday, Mr Peters likened New Zealand's position to a famous 1970s stand-off with France.
'The Kirk government put a frigate into the Pacific to protest against the French nuclear tests,' he said.
'We didn't back off our responsibility to our neighbourhood, and dare I say it to humanity.
'We have got to stand up for ourselves and true friendship is based on equality.'