关于这起和澳大利亚的漫画事件，路透社是怎么报道的？

Australia's prime minister sends WeChat message to Chinese diaspora in spat

乌合麒麟再次回应 《致莫里森》

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison has used Chinese social media platform WeChat to criticise a “false image” of an Australian soldier posted on Twitter by the Chinese government.

China has rebuffed Morrison’s calls for an apology after its foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian posted the digitally manipulated image of an Australian soldier holding a bloodied knife to the throat of an Afghan child on Monday.

China’s embassy said the “rage and roar” from Australian politicians and media over the image was an overreaction. (nL4N2IH1OP)

rebuff v.拒绝

澳大利亚总理斯科特·莫里森（Scott Morriso）通过中国社交媒体平台微信批评了中国政府在推特上发布的一张关于澳大利亚士兵的“不实画面”。

周一，中国外交部发言人赵立坚发布了一张数位化合成插画，画面上是一位澳大利亚士兵举起一把血淋淋的刀子，割向一名阿富汗孩童的喉咙。对此，莫里森要求中方道歉，中方表示拒绝。

中国大使馆表示，澳大利亚政客和媒体对这张画的“愤怒和咆哮”实在反应过度。

莫里森微信批评漫画为“虚假图片”

In a WeChat message on Tuesday night, Morrison wrote that the diplomatic dispute over the image of the soldier “does not diminish respect and appreciation for the Chinese community in Australia”.

He defended Australia’s handling of a war crimes investigation into the actions of special forces in Afghanistan, and said Australia is able to deal with “thorny issues” like this in a transparent manner.

Australia has previously said 19 soldiers will be referred for potential criminal prosecution for the killings of unarmed Afghan prisoners and civilians. (L1N2I5012)

diminish v.使减少; 变少

周二晚，莫里森发布了一条微信消息，写道关于这张画的外交争端“不会削弱对澳大利亚华人社区的尊重与赞赏”。

他辩称，澳大利亚正针对澳大利亚驻阿富汗特别部队的行为进行战争罪调查，并表示澳大利亚将透明处理这一“棘手问题”。

澳大利亚此前表示，19名士兵或将因杀害手无寸铁的阿富汗囚犯和平民而受到刑事诉讼。

赵立坚推特置顶图片，被标记为“敏感内容”

WeChat told an Australian government inquiry in October it had 690,000 active daily users in Australia. Morrison’s message had been read by 50,000 WeChat users by Wednesday morning.

Zhao’s tweet, pinned to the top of his Twitter account, had been “liked” by 54,000 followers, after Twitter labelled it as sensitive content but declined the Australian government’s request to remove the image.

pinned to the top of Twitter account 推特置顶

10月，微信对澳大利亚政府报告其在澳大利亚拥有69万的日活用户。截至周三早，莫里森的消息已经有5万微信用户阅读。

赵立坚将这条推文置顶，5.4万人点赞，推特将这条推文标记为敏感内容，但是拒绝了澳大利亚政府要求删除这张画的要求。

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