Nanaia Mahuta visited Beijing this week and says she raised issues including abuses in Xinjiang and the erosion of freedoms in Hong Kong
New Zealand’s foreign minister said she raised concerns about China’s human rights abuses and growing tensions with Taiwan in a meeting with her Chinese counterpart.
China’s ties to Russia were also raised, with Mahuta saying Wellington “would be concerned by any provision of lethal aid in support of Russia’s illegal war”. It has also joined the United States in accusing China of attempting to increase its military presence in the Pacific. Beijing’s sabre-rattling has intensified in recent years under President Xi Jinping, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has deepened fears in Taiwan that China might move similarly.
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