The epidemic in Kunming slowed and began to reopen. (SBS picture)
The new crown virus pandemic coincided with a vote by the parliament of the city of Wagga Wagga, south-west of xinzhou, to pass a "break-off" motion with china`s friendly city of kunming, prompting a strong protest. from a politician who denounced the move as a "racist dog whistle (dog whistling) political ploy ".
The motion was led by municipal councillor Fennel (Paul Fennel). The meeting falsely accused China of "lying to the world" about the outbreak and claimed that the relationship "between Wogavoga and Kunming was ridiculous ", encouraging other councillor to push for" break-off ".
Fennell took the lead in the motion for "break-off" between Wogavoga and Kunming. (SBS picture)
A friendly city between Wogavoga and Kunming relationship started in 1988. Thirty-two years later, during the outbreak, Fennell threatened :" We must end this relationship agreement. We can not tolerate such behaviour. "
At the time of the vote last night, it was reported that only six of the nine city councillor attended the meeting. The motion was finally adopted by a narrow majority.
Wogavoga mayor kanki (Greg Conkey) was absent from last night`s city parliament meeting due to illness. He stated that another motion had been filed to overturn the decision on "break-off ".
"I am shocked by the decision ," Conki told SBS. This is a hypocrite —— the three voting cities councillor directly or indirectly benefiting from our close trade relationship ." with China
The mayor stressed that the decision did not represent the values of his city. Since that meeting, residents who had been shocked had sent him "a large number of e-mails ".
"We are a very proud multicultural city. We come from 112 countries and speak 107 languages. "He said that he was confident that the parliament of the break-up had been successfully overthrown with the presence of all nine municipal councillor.
"Racist politics of dog posts"
Fang Weis opposed the "break-off" between Wogavoga and Kunming. (SBS picture)
Vogavoga resident of the new state house of lords councillor fang weas is the first chinese australian to represent the national party in the state parliament.
When interviewed by the SBS, he also stated that he was "shocked" by the decision of the parliament of Vogavoga. "We blame our friendly city for what happened 1,500 kilometres away and try to link it to government in some way. I would say without disguise that this is what I consider the worst racist "dog whistle" political trick. "
"Australians of Asian descent are as resilient as I am, but this is like an arrow through the heart. "He said ," I`m worried about my children. For the sake of their generation, we now need to change the message. so that they will not encounter such things when they grow up. "
