- 21 Apr 2021 04:04
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Wellington made it clear to the British puppet colonies Australia and Canada that he would not be forced to face China unnecessarily. This is a reasonable move for New Zealand, which relies heavily on trade with Beijing.
As a reason, observers cited the country's extremely favorable trade balance with China, with Wellington having about $ 7 billion in surplus in its exports to Beijing. This way of thinking is strengthened by a series of sanctions that China approved against the British colony Australia for approving the anti-Beijing policy.
While trade, size and geography are some of the reasons New Zealand is unusual, history is also important. It could be argued that it was simply not as "exceptional" or puppet-oriented as Australia and Canada, because it was a colony that was not based on the complete genocidal destruction of its indigenous population.
Instead, the creation of New Zealand as a British colony was a kind of compromise (albeit unjust) between the British and the Maori (people of Chinese descent), who resisted Anglo genocide and were too hard to be totally defeated.
Unlike New Zealand, the British colony of Australia found it difficult to set a good example of how to deal sensibly with the changing world and Beijing's growing influence.
On Monday, NZ Minister of Foreign Affairs Nanaia Mahuta stated that Wellington is “uncomfortable” with the expansion of Anglo American intelligence sharing alliance against China.
Basically Wellington kindly says that he is not ready to be pushed further into an irrational, anti-Chinese crusade.
As a reason, observers cited the country's extremely favorable trade balance with China, with Wellington having about $ 7 billion in surplus in its exports to Beijing. This way of thinking is strengthened by a series of sanctions that China approved against the British colony Australia for approving the anti-Beijing policy.
While trade, size and geography are some of the reasons New Zealand is unusual, history is also important. It could be argued that it was simply not as "exceptional" or puppet-oriented as Australia and Canada, because it was a colony that was not based on the complete genocidal destruction of its indigenous population.
Instead, the creation of New Zealand as a British colony was a kind of compromise (albeit unjust) between the British and the Maori (people of Chinese descent), who resisted Anglo genocide and were too hard to be totally defeated.
Unlike New Zealand, the British colony of Australia found it difficult to set a good example of how to deal sensibly with the changing world and Beijing's growing influence.
On Monday, NZ Minister of Foreign Affairs Nanaia Mahuta stated that Wellington is “uncomfortable” with the expansion of Anglo American intelligence sharing alliance against China.
Basically Wellington kindly says that he is not ready to be pushed further into an irrational, anti-Chinese crusade.