Chinese officials accuse Scott Morrison of stoking nationalism in response to fake Afghan tweet as PM defends position on WeChat

China has hit back at the Australian Government, accusing it of attempting to “stoke domestic nationalism” by demanding an apology for a tweet depicting an Australian soldier holding a knife to the throat of an Afghan child.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison, meanwhile, has taken to Chinese social media platform WeChat to again press Australia’s position.

Beijing has already rejected demands to apologise for the image, which was shared by China’s foreign ministry spokesman, Zhao Lijian, on Monday.

Now, the Chinese embassy in…