Four New Zealand MPs have been banned from China for one year following a cross-party visit to Taiwan, prompting debate over New Zealand's economic relations with Taiwan and its adherence to China's one-China policy.
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Well, you know, it's it really is hit the political establ establishment here, because you know, we can't offend China, and we don't like to offend China, but for uh four MPs, which was what they're expected to do to apologize for having gone to Taiwan is patently absurd. Even the speaker Jerry Brownley, he waded into it saying that politicians are free to travel where they like. It wasn't an official delegation from the government, which would have been probably a bit different. But they have the, you know, we signed up in 1972 to the One China policy. Uh that means that we recognise just one China, but doesn't necessarily mean that we agree with it. And of course, we trade quite well with Taiwan. It's a uh, and I've been there, it's a wonderful country. Um, but and they do a very good whiskey, I might say, Ca Lan whiskey. But um, you know, it's um it's I think uh indicating just how sensitive China and Taiwan are with each other at the moment, and in particular, the big the big uh player in this game is China.
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absurd overreaction by china
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