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The Inter-Parliamentary Alliance, whose members were victims of a China-backed cyber attack, is discussing forming a standing committee to deal with foreign influence. ....
Fungi Professor Yihuai Gao arrived here 30 years ago with $1000. Now he's helping Kiwi businesses break into the huge Chinese market for wellness products. ....
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New Zealand Won’t Criticize China Over WHO Virus Inquiry New Zealand announced that it would hold off on criticising the World Health Organization’s (WHO) COVID-19 investigation in China despite thirteen nations, including New Zealand’s Five Eyes partners of Australia, the UK, the US and Canada, pointing out the lack of “access, transparency, and timeliness” of the WHO’s investigation report in a joint statement released in March. The countries were concerned that the research into the virus origins, which was confirmed by a member of the investigation team to have been interfered with by the Chinese Communist government, “was significantly delayed and lacked access to complete, original data and samples”. ....
The Uyghur community and China experts say this display goes further than cultural appropriation. The greater concern is the concerted effort by the Chinese state to downplay the human rights abuses of more than a million Uyghur people, with endorsement from (probably unwitting) New Zealand politicians. It s also noteworthy that Uyghur people only celebrate Chinese New Year under duress. Facebook Wellington Mayor Andy Foster is the latest New Zealand politician to be used as a propaganda tool in China s campaign against Uyghur Muslims. New Zealand Uyghurs who spoke to Newsroom said the display was offensive and showed China’s disregard for their culture. ....