China's ambassador to Australia fields questions for an hour and plays a propaganda video as he dismisses the mass detention of Muslims as fake news.
"We expect that this relationship will be back to normal with the efforts of both sides," he said.
Despite the diplomatic tensions, the Chinese ambassador did not rule out Mr Morrison being invited to Beijing. "There are efforts between the two sides, there will be more high-level exchanges and visits," he told reporters in Canberra on Thursday. "As ambassador, of course, I will do what I can ... to promote these relations, these important relations."
The Ambassador also claimed a 33 per cent increase in Australian exports to China was"largely responsible for the federal budget restoring to surplus ahead of schedule".
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