China has blamed Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for overreacting to unofficial Chinese website reports about suspending Australian beef exports which circulated early this week, suggesting Canberra had a “guilty conscience” for the panic that has swept the Australian beef industry.
In reports published in The Australian today, China’s Global Times, a government-controlled mouthpiece, said there had been a “clear overreaction to a mere market rumour.”
“Indeed, the source of the rumour itself is an unofficial report and has never been verified by any Chinese…
