Sometimes you read stuff and you just wonder, you really do wonder.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political...hina-diplomacy
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Sometimes you read stuff and you just wonder, you really do wonder.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political...hina-diplomacy
China's strategy of breaking NZ apart from its other Five Eyes partners seems to be working, and Damien O'Connor goes for the brotherly advice (missing the big picture) while NZ (diplomatically) loses its Free Speech rights and principles...
NZ Trade Minister suggests Australia should speak with ‘more diplomacy’ in dealings with China
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/fede...28-p56xex.html
Excerpt:
"Senior Australian government officials are infuriated at Mr O’Connor’s comments, which they see as a continuing pattern of New Zealand
not joining other allies in standing up to China’s growing assertiveness in recent months."
and,
"Australian government officials were also put off earlier this month by New Zealand being the only member of the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing arrangement not to be in a joint statement criticising the arrests of pro-democracy figures in Hong Kong, which Beijing’s mouthpiece The Global Times on Wednesday described as a “wake up call” for Canberra."
China sharpens language, warns Taiwan that independence 'means war'
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-c...-idUSKBN29X0V3