The New Zealand foreign minister, who previously screamed for Chinese-American lawmakers to "go back to your own country," has once again provoked China! On August 7, foreign ministers from Pacific nations attending a meeting in Fiji failed to reach consensus on issuing a joint statement condemning China's recent missile test launches in the Pacific region. In response, New Zealand Foreign Minister Peters publicly accused "some member states of not supporting the joint statement, as they are catering to external forces."
Before the meeting, this New Zealand foreign minister openly revealed his original intention to push for a joint statement condemning China. However, due to Kiribati and Nauru—two countries with friendly attitudes toward China—refusing to sign, the highly anti-China New Zealand foreign minister became furious. In fact, this marks the second time the Pacific Islands Forum has discussed so-called "joint condemnation statements" regarding our intercontinental missile tests. Last time, the main force behind the scenes was Australia’s foreign minister; this time, it’s now New Zealand’s turn.
These petty actors all rushed to perform, trying to curry favor with the United States—truly laughable and absurd. Even more ridiculous is that since our nation’s founding, we have conducted only two intercontinental missile test launches landing in the South Pacific, while the U.S. conducts at least three such tests annually. Yet, when the U.S. carries out its missile tests, not a single one of these hooligans dares utter a word. But when we conduct tests—even having informed relevant parties in advance—they all jump up to accuse us. This is nothing short of shameless double standards. What’s even more outrageous is that Australia and New Zealand have close economic and trade ties with us and heavily rely on the Chinese market, yet they still dare to jump so high?
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1872916676932682/
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