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Chinese-born opposition lawmaker
Coverage of Chinese-born opposition lawmaker in the Nexus archive.
- China envoy makes a rare response after NZ foreign minister’s ‘go back’ slur
New Zealand's Foreign Minister Winston Peters told a Chinese-born opposition lawmaker to 'go back to your own country' during a parliamentary debate. The comments prompted a rare social media response from Beijing’s envoy in Wellington, escalating the issue into an international debate over governance and race relations in New Zealand.