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China's media portrays a kangaroo-culling, shark-infested hell-hole

Reading China's state-controlled newspapers and online news sites over the past week, you'd think Australia was a potential death trap of racist attacks and vicious animals.

Michael Smith
Michael SmithHealth editor
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Shanghai | From shark attacks to kangaroo culls – nothing is off limits in the Chinese media's negative coverage of Australia.

If you believe everything you have read in state-controlled newspapers and online news sites the past week, it would be easy to think Australia is a potential death trap of racist attacks and vicious animals.

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Michael Smith is the health editor for The Australian Financial Review. He is based in Sydney. Connect with Michael on Twitter. Email Michael at michael.smith@afr.com

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