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A Chinese representative has slammed Australia over its treatment of refugees, Aboriginals and Afghan civilians - despite his country being accused of genocide against its Muslim population.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian took aim at the country on Thursday - days after the country announced a nuclear submarines deal with the US and UK - after a local reporter asked a question about Australia's human rights record.
Mr Lijian then launched into a 231-word tirade about the country, starting with the country's offshore detention centres, then proceeding onto the plight of Aboriginals and finally alleged war crimes by the country's soldiers in Afghanistan.
On asylum seekers, Mr Lijian said: 'A large number of refugees and migrants have been long held with chronic mental and physical sufferings, and unnatural deaths occur from time to time.
'Outsourced to private security firms, the detention centers have bad living conditions. The Australian government fails to effectively monitor them and gravely violates the human rights of refugees and migrants.'
Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian took aim at the country's offshore detention camps at a press conference on Thursday, after a local reporter asked a question about Australia's human rights record
Mr Zhao then turned his attack onto the treatment of Indigenous Australians calling out the dark history of the country.
'Australia committed genocide against the Aboriginals and inflicted permanent pain on the 'stolen generation'
