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China Lodges Diplomatic Protest after New Zealand Foreign Minister’s Remarks Spark Backlash

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  LN24 / 2 months
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China has lodged a formal diplomatic protest with New Zealand after comments made by Foreign Minister Winston Peters during a parliamentary debate triggered a political storm in Wellington and drew condemnation from Beijing. The controversy erupted during a debate on the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, when Peters responded to interjections from Lawrence Xu-Nan, […]