An ‘Example’ to the West: NZ Diplomacy Praised by CCP Mouthpiece

An ‘Example’ to the West: NZ Diplomacy Praised by CCP Mouthpiece
New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins speaks to media during a visit to the Memorial Water Treatment Plant in Greytown, New Zealand, on April 13, 2023. Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images
Rebecca Zhu
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Ahead of Prime Minister Chris Hipkins’s near week-long China visit, a mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) touted New Zealand as an “example” for other Western nations.

Hipkins arrived in Beijing in the early hours on June 26, leading a 29-person trade delegation in the hopes of reigniting China-New Zealand trade opportunities, including in tourism and education, to pull New Zealand out of recession as soon as possible.