BEIJING, March 11 (Xinhua) -- China calls on all sectors of Australia and the international community to join voices denouncing and resisting the fabrication and spread of false information by a so-called research institute in Australia, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Tuesday.

 

Spokesperson Mao Ning made the remarks at a regular press briefing in response to reports that the head of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) wrote on social media that because of the U.S. funding freezing, the institute lacks anti-China materials and cannot produce contents attacking China, urging the U.S. or other organizations to immediately fund relevant anti-China agenda.

 

Mao said that the so-called research institute in Australia has long been funded by the U.S. defense and diplomatic agencies and arms dealers; it serves the interests of its donors and has propagated a long list of lies against China; and its so-called "research findings" lack basic factual grounds and have been proved as disinformation many times, which clearly violates the professional ethics of academic research. "There is no credibility to speak of for this so-called research institute."