Raids on Chinese reporters in Australia ‘appalling’: Xinhua

Bloomberg

Australian raids on Chinese journalists living in that country were “imperious” and “utterly appalling,” and are damaging relations between the two nations, China’s state-run Xinhua News Agency said.
Australian authorities confiscated computers and phones in raids on four Chinese journalists’ homes, including that of a Xinhua employee, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao
Lijian said. The operation was conducted by Australian intelligence workers, Xinhua said.
Tensions have risen between the two countries over a series of diplomatic moves by Canberra that China interpreted as supporting the US in the expanding trade and security dispute between Beijing and Washington.