New Zealand Raises Concerns to China Over ‘Increasing Tensions’ in Taiwan, South China Sea

Minister of Foreign Affairs Nanaia Mahuta talks to media during a press conference at Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, on April 22, 2021. Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images

New Zealand has raised concerns with China over “increasing tensions” near Taiwan and the South China Sea, where the regime in Beijing has been aggressively enforcing its territorial claims.

Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta visited Beijing last week for a bilateral meeting with her Chinese counterpart, Qin Gang, in the first such visit by a New Zealand foreign minister since 2018, according to the ministry.