News by Frank Chung 3rd Mar 2021 10:28 AM A senior Chinese diplomat has warned that people in Australia who "choose to make enemies of China" will be "cast aside in history". Speaking at a Lunar New Year dinner in Canberra on Monday night, China's Deputy Head of Mission Wang Xining defended the country's handling of COVID-19 and hit out at media organisations in particular, saying there were "some people in Australia who choose to make enemies to sustain a living" and that they had "brainwashed" the public with "negative portraits of China". "History will prove that it is wise and visionary to be China's friends, and your children and grandchildren would be proud of you to be China's friends and they will benefit from the relationship with China," Mr Wang said, according to a transcript of the speech posted on the Chinese Embassy website.