Hong Kong’s pro-Chinese government has declared Australian lobsters a security threat after discovering smugglers have thwarted Beijing’s ban on it.
Louise Ho, Hong Kong’s new Commissioner of Customs and Excise, said that customs should be on alert not only for firearms and ammunition but “also strategic commodities” such as Australian lobsters.
“We should also pay special attention to those products which may impose threats on national security,” she told a press conference on Thursday after learning that Hong Kong’s smugglers had circumvented Beijing’s efforts to punish Australia by ending its lobster exports to China.
The trade war, as part of China’s retaliation against Australia for perceived slights, began year ago.
An Australian study has since revealed that China’s lobster lovers have not gone without; exports