Former New Zealand PM Doesn’t See Beijing as ‘The Aggressor’

Prime Minister John Key shakes hands with The President of the People's Republic of China, Xi Jinping at Premier House in Wellington, New Zealand, on Nov. 20, 2014. Ross Giblin - Pool/Getty Images

Former New Zealand Prime Minister John Key said he does not see the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) as “the aggressor,” and he had opposed pressure to be more outspoken on the regime.

“I just don’t see them as the aggressor that everybody else sees,” he told The Australian.