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Case Against Self-Confessed ‘Extreme’ CCP Supporter Highlights Split in NZ’s Chinese Diaspora

Parking warden Morgan Xiao has been ordered to pay $225,000 in a defamation case that highlights the tensions between pro- and anti-CCP Chinese.
Case Against Self-Confessed ‘Extreme’ CCP Supporter Highlights Split in NZ’s Chinese Diaspora
General view of Christchurch High Court, in Christchurch, New Zealand, March 26, 2020. Kai Schwoerer/Getty Images
Rex Widerstrom
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Accusing a now-former Auckland City councillor of being unfit to hold public office and subject to foreign influence has cost a man who admits his views are “extreme” $225,000 (US$130,000) in damages.

The case has highlighted the level of tension between pro- and anti-Beijing members of the Chinese diaspora in New Zealand.

Rex Widerstrom
Rex Widerstrom
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Rex Widerstrom is a New Zealand-based reporter with over 40 years of experience in media, including radio and print. He is currently a presenter for Hutt Radio.