Australia and New Zealand welcome sanctions on China over Uighur abuses but impose none of their own

Australia and New Zealand have raised “grave concerns” about human rights abuses against Muslim minorities in China’s Xinjiang region, citing “the growing number of credible reports” of severe violations.

But while both countries have welcomed new coordinated sanctions announced by the UK, US, the EU and Canada, they have not announced any such measures of their own.

The Guardian understands this is because Australia and New Zealand lack Magnitsky-style laws that would allow the swift rollout of targeted sanctions against individuals for human rights abuses – but the Morrison government is expected to table draft legislation later this year.

Source: Guardian #Mar23

#Australia #NewZealand #Sanctions #China

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/23/australia-and-new-zealand-welcome-china-sanctions-over-uighur-abuses-but-impose-none-of-their-own?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

New Zealand - a country that has such a high standard on equality, human rights, and embraces progressive ideas - now decided to leave their old time allies and embrace Chinese dirty money.
Well done. History will give its verdict but we are sure that won’t be a badge of honor.

#newzealand #nz #fuckccp #boycottchina #5eyes #china #usa #allies #australia #uk #usa #canada #chinamoney #genocidemoney #uyghurgenocide #humanrights #english #diyms

New Zealand must be 'respectful' of China, even if there are disagreements - Nanaia Mahuta

The Foreign Affairs Minister says New Zealand and China's significant economic ties mean Aotearoa must be "respectful" of the Asian superpower, even if there are areas of disagreement between the two nations. 

Nanaia Mahuta's latest comments come as more overseas commentators accuse Wellington of cosying up to Beijing and undermining its standing within the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing network.

Source: NewsHub #Apr24

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/04/new-zealand-must-be-respectful-of-china-even-if-there-are-disagreements-nanaia-mahuta.html

#NewZealand #China #Economic #FiveEyes

New Zealand draws back from calling Chinese abuses of Uyghurs genocide

New Zealand’s parliament will not debate a motion that would label the abuses of the Uyghur people in Xinjiang, China, as acts of genocide.

Parliament opted instead on Tuesday to water down the language, and discuss concerns about human rights abuses in the region in more general terms.

It is expected the new motion will pass unanimously on Wednesday. However, it marks no deviation from the country’s current position.

Source: The Guardian #May04

https://t.co/qg8F1Bwvp1?amp=1
 
#NewZealand #Uyghur #China #Xinjiang

#NewZealand media are digging into two former lawmakers’ ties to the #ChineseRegime. The two Chinese-born Parliamentarians resigned last year almost at the same time.

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#NewZealand media are digging into two former lawmakers’ ties to the #ChineseRegime. The two Chinese-born Parliamentarians resigned last year almost at the same time.

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New Zealand’s Ardern says differences with China becoming harder to reconcile

Differences between New Zealand and its top trading partner China are becoming harder to reconcile as Beijing’s role in the world grows and changes, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday.

The comments come as New Zealand faces pressure from some elements among Western allies over its reluctance to use the Five Eyes intelligence and security alliance to criticise Beijing.

In a speech at the China Business Summit in Auckland, Ardern said there are things on which China and New Zealand "do not, cannot, and will not agree", but added these differences need not define their relationship.

Source: Reuters #May03

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/new-zealands-ardern-says-differences-with-china-becoming-harder-reconcile-2021-05-02/

#NewZealand #China #Trading #Beijing

Germany is not too late to join the party!
Them aside, countries including Britain, France, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, have been expanding their activity in the Pacific to counter China's influence.
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#China #CCP #SouthChinaSea #UK #Germany #Britian #France #Japan #Australia #NewZealand

France, South Pacific nations to combat 'predatory' fishing as China extends reach

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday France and South Pacific nations would launch a South Pacific coastguard network to counter "predatory" behaviour, which an adviser said was aimed at illegal fishing, as China expands its maritime reach.

The United States and allies including France, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, are actively expanding their activity in the Pacific to counter China's influence.

Though tiny in land mass, Pacific islands control vast swaths of resource-rich ocean called Exclusive Economic Zones, forming a formidable boundary between the Americas and Asia.

Source: Reuters #Jul19

https://reut.rs/3ewhgKc

#France #SouthPacific #China #Japan #Australia #NewZealand

#FakeNews
China says Microsoft hacking accusations fabricated by US and allies

The US and other Western countries on Monday accused China of hacking Microsoft Exchange - a popular email platform used by companies worldwide.

They said it was part of a broader pattern of "reckless" behaviour that threatened global security.

China says it opposes all forms of cyber-crime, and has called the claims "fabricated".

China's foreign ministry spokesman said the US had got its allies to make "unreasonable criticisms" against China.

The UK, EU, New Zealand, Australia and others joined the US to accuse Chinese state-sponsored hackers.

Source: BBC #Jul20

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-57898147

#China #Microsoft #Hacking #US #UK #EU #NewZealand #Australia

#CCPRules #Infiltration
Concern over ‘#censorship’ rules of New Zealand-Chinese news site Skykiwi.com

//An influential Chinese-language media outlet in #NewZealand warned its users their information could be shared with 'relevant state agencies' if they violated #ChineseLaws.

Skykiwi.com promotes itself as New Zealand’s “most influential” Chinese-language media outlet, with half a million ‘daily average user visits’ to its multi-platform website. Besides providing news coverage, the site also runs message boards where a variety of topics, including current affairs, are discussed. It claims to have 81,000 daily forum users.

...Until July, the terms of service for these forums contained clauses forbidding speech on a range of topics and said that users who violate Chinese laws in their postings could have their information shared with “relevant state agencies,” indicating China’s intelligence apparatus would be able to potentially identify them. It also meant criticism of China’s ruling Communist Party was all but banned.

...A list of forbidden conduct on the forum, as seen last month, includes “leaking state secrets”, “damaging national honour and interests”, “undermining national unity”, inciting “subversion of state power”, "undermining national policies" and promoting “cults”. Virtually identical wording was discovered on the terms of service for China’s state-backed social media platform #WeChat and a list of “prohibited content” outlined by the Chinese Ministry of Culture.//

Source: Newsroom #Sep20
https://www.newsroom.co.nz/concern-over-censorship-rules-of-nz-chinese-news-site

#CCP #PRC #UnitedFront

In the 1980s, the Soviet Union tricked #NewZealand into abandoning its military alliance with the United States and Australia. Now with the Chinese Communist Party ( #CCP ) preparing to invade its Pacific neighbors, New Zealand is wide open to Chinese communist domination.

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So #newzealand court ruled that extradition to #China is fine after China “promised” no unfair trial and no human right abuse? The whole system is unfair and #ccp literally abuse everyone’s human right!
We know that the man in question is going to face a murder trial … but isn’t a dangerous precedent for others … like human right activists and Chinese dissidents???
#fuckccp #boycottchina

President #JoeBiden and #NewZealand's Prime Minister #JacindaArdern met in Washington. They discussed the need to step up engagement with Pacific island nations.

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China’s grand tour: Opposition mounts to Beijing ‘expansionism’ in Pacific

New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has accused Beijing of unnecessary expansion of its security reach, as MPs urge her to counter the superpower's "persuasion and pressure".

And Australia's new foreign minister has flown urgently to Fiji in a last-ditch bid to dissuade Pacific Island nations from signing up to a new Chinese security pact.

Source: Newsroom #May28

https://t.co/3VnQ9NVrT9

#China #Australia #NewZealand #Honiara #Pacific

The horse-faced dictator Jacinda Ardern wants to collaborate with the genocidal dictator Xi Jinping.
https://publielectoral.lat/ChinainFocusNTD/2180