Category: New Zealand-China

New Zealand PM Says Country Will Have ‘Tough Conversations’ With China

July 7, 2023
Asia & PacificChinaChina Human RightsChina NewsChris HipkinsInternational RelationsNew ZealandNew Zealand-ChinaWorld
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New Zealand’s leader said Friday that his country will need to engage in “tough conversations” with China on areas where their views and national interests clash in order to maintain their bilateral relationship. During his speech at the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs, Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said relations with communist China are “the…

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New Zealand Beware of Complying With Dictatorship Demands

July 3, 2023
Asia & PacificAustraliaChina NewsChina-Australia RelationsChris HipkinsInternationalInternational RelationsNew Zealand-ChinaOpinionThinking About ChinaViewpointsWorldXi Jinping
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Commentary It seems that Chinese leader Xi Jinping is particularly sensitive to being described as a “dictator.” When U.S. President Joe Biden used the description, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was outraged, with its mouthpiece, the Global Times calling it a vicious attack. If Biden had said that Xi was the “leader of a dictatorship,”…

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New Zealand PM ‘Looks Forward’ to Visiting to China When Zero-COVID Restrictions Ease

August 1, 2022
Asia & PacificBusiness & MarketsChinaChina Business & EconomyInternational RelationsJacinda ArdernNew ZealandNew Zealand-ChinaPacific regionUS-China relationsWorld
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One day after the final stage of New Zealand’s border reopening was completed, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern expressed her willingness to lead a business delegation to China to strengthen in-person connections. “As we mark 50 years of diplomatic relations, we look forward to the return of in-person ministerial visits,” Ardern told the China Business Summit…

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New Zealand PM ‘Looks Forward’ to Visiting China When Zero-COVID Restrictions Ease

August 1, 2022
Asia & PacificBusiness & MarketsChinaChina Business & EconomyInternational RelationsJacinda ArdernNew ZealandNew Zealand-ChinaPacific regionUS-China relationsWorld
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One day after the final stage of New Zealand’s border reopening was completed, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern expressed her willingness to lead a business delegation to China to strengthen in-person connections. “As we mark 50 years of diplomatic relations, we look forward to the return of in-person ministerial visits,” Ardern told the China Business Summit…

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More Than Half of New Zealanders Now View China as a Threat: Survey

June 22, 2022
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New Zealanders’ perception of China has shifted dramatically over the first half of 2022, with the majority now viewing the Asian nation as a “threat,” according to a recent survey. A mini-survey conducted by Asia New Zealand Foundation in June found that 58 percent of New Zealanders view China as a “threat” and a record…

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