Politicians have spoken out against a direct email from the Chinese Consulate-General in Sydney which raised concerns about 11 MPs attending a Taiwanese function.
The NSW premier has pushed back against China following an email raising concerns about MPs attending a Taiwanese function.
"The Consulate-General of the People's Republic of China in Sydney has noted that you recently attended the event in celebration of the inauguration of the so-called 16th-term President and Vice President of Taiwan region on the evening of May 20," it wrote.The email went on to lay out "China's position on the Taiwan Question", including that "Taiwan is part of China, not a country".
"We live in a multicultural community. There's people from all over the world. Often those people don't agree with each other on international events, but it's the responsibility of every MP to represent their community."Other politicians who attended were state Liberal MPs Mark Coure, Tim James, Jordan Lane, Rachel Merton, Jacqui Munro, Chris Rath, Damien Tudehope and Ray Williams, as well as independent MP Rod Roberts.
"There is nothing NSW politicians can do in respect of influencing Australia's foreign policy position.""Quite frankly, MPs should attend events organised by multicultural communities within their provinces and electorates and should do so without impunity and without necessarily taking advice from the Chinese consulate," Mr Tudehope said.
"The Chinese government has a track record, via op eds published by the Chinese ambassador in Australia and via various official statements, of propagating this erroneous narrative about Australian government policy and about Taiwan itself."
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