Chinese envoy calls on Australia to shed 'Cold War mentality'

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull at an Australia China Business Council (ACBC) 2018 Canberra Networking Day event at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, June 19, 2018. AAP/Mick Tsikas/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVE. AUSTRALIA OUT. NEW ZEALAND OUT.

CANBERRA/SYDNEY (Reuters) - The Chinese ambassador to Australia on Tuesday accused it of harbouring a Cold War mentality and said "less bias and bigotry" was needed to repair strained relations between the two nations.

"We need to see each other's development and policy intentions from a more positive perspective with less Cold War mentality," Ambassador Cheng Jingye said in a speech to the Australia China Business Council (ACBC) in the capital Canberra.