December 9, 2017

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has doubled down on his criticism of Beijing interfering in domestic politics, while insisting the communist leadership will respect his tough talk.

Mr Turnbull on Saturday said he wasn't intimidated by Beijing expressing "strong dissatisfaction" over his remarks earlier this week about foreign interference.

He spoke Mandarin when noting China was founded in 1949 with the words "the Chinese people have stood up".

"It was an assertion of sovereignty, it was an assertion of pride," the prime minister told reporters in Sydney on Saturday.

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