In a rare event, protestors have managed to interrupt a speech by the Chinese Ambassador to Australia six times during a public event at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) calling for action on Tibet, Hong Kong, Xinjiang, Uyghurs and human rights abuses in China.
The short event, which was hosted by James Laurenceson, the Director of the Australia-China Relations Institute (ACRI) was scheduled to run from 11:00 am—12:15 pm on Friday and was meant to provide the new Ambassador Xiao Qian with an opportunity to speak in a controlled environment with ACRI pre-submitting questions for the ambassador after his speech.
In his speech, Xiao called for a “reset” in the Australia-China relations and stated that China should be seen as an opportunity for Australia….