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


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  • Tuesday, 19 Jun 2018

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.

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