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Jacinda Ardern says differences between NZ and China ‘becoming harder to reconcile’
Jacinda Ardern says differences between New Zealand’s and China’s values and interests are “becoming harder to reconcile” as Beijing’s role in the world grows and changes.
Key points:
- The NZ PM’s comments came amid growing tension between China and some of New Zealand’s key partners
- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said China had been acting “more aggressively abroad”
- Ms Ardern said how China treated its partners was important
In a speech at the China Business Summit in Auckland today, the New Zealand Prime Minister said there were issues on which China and New Zealand “do not, cannot, and will not agree”, but said those differences need not define their relationship.
“It will not have escaped the attention of anyone here that as…
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