China’s government mouthpiece The Global Times has published a cartoon depicting a bloodied kangaroo while demanding Australia apologise to China’s “wolf warrior artist”.
Overnight the publication posted a series of scathing tweets about Australia and Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
The latest cartoon appeared in a piece criticising the PM for his shock over a tweet featuring a doctored image of an Australian soldier holding a knife to the throat of what appears to be an Afghan child. The image was created by Chinese artist Fu Yu – known as Wuheqilin.
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He finally spoke out about the original doctored image, posting a video from Beijing Capital International Airport advising Mr Morrison to “face reality” and writing a column for The Global Times.
In it, he said: “I am the one who illustrated the cartoon that pissed off Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
“It is totally hard to believe that a head of state like Morrison got totally bent out shape about my computer graphics work. I am flabbergasted that he even organised a press conference to fume about it.”
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The artist said he created the image, which he calls a cartoon, on the night of November 22.
The faked image was then published to Twitter by China’s foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian earlier this week, who said he was “shocked by murder of Afghan civilians and prisoners by Australian soldiers”.
It has led to global outrage and criticism against Beijing.
“Morrison called my cartoon ‘fabricated’,” Wuheqilin wrote. “Some overseas netizens claimed it was doctored. I’d like to tell them that their focus should not be on whether or not it is a real picture or an artistic creation. It is an incident embedded in a cartoon.”
The latest cartoon depicting a bloodied kangaroo in a suit with a bloodied knife next to it, was created by a different artist, Chen Xia.
The publication posted a series of tweets overnight about Australia, including a graphic listing of alleged war crimes.
The tweets are simply flagged: “China state-affiliated media.”
In the latest Global Times piece defending Wuheqilin, writer Yu Luxu said: “A cartoon is cartoon. It is not a photo. So how can it be ‘faked’ as Morrison and some Australian outlets claim?
“Cartoon has characteristics that exaggerate some points with an emphasis on artistic expression and visual shock. This is very common around the world. This is far from fabricating facts. Still, Wuheqilin’s work is based on facts.”
The article demanded Mr Morrison and the Australian Government “take full responsibility for the deteriorating relationship with China” and claimed “Australia exaggerated and distorted Zhao’s comment and use of cartoon over the crime of Australian troops, calling it “a false image”.
“The country that owes an apology is Australia – to China. And to Afghanistan first and foremost for slaughtering their innocent people.
“It should also apologise to the Chinese artist, whose work was groundlessly smeared as a ‘false image’.
“It needs to seriously reassess the damage done its own international optics caused by this double standard outburst regarding ‘freedom of speech’ and ‘human rights’.”
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Meanwhile Mr Morrison appealed directly to millions of Chinese people on the social messaging app WeChat to defend Australia’s honour.
In an olive branch to Chinese voters, the Prime Minister has insisted the incendiary image would not diminish Australia’s respect for the Chinese community at home or abroad.
Last night the Chinese Embassy issued a blistering response accusing Mr Morrison of “overreacting” to the tweet.
“We would like to further stress the following: The rage and roar of some Australian politicians and media is nothing but misreading of and over-reaction to Mr Zhao’s tweet,” the statement said.
“The accusations made are simply to serve two purposes. One is to deflect public attention from the horrible atrocities by certain Australian soldiers. The other is to blame China for the worsening of bilateral ties. There may be another attempt to stoke domestic nationalism.”
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