New opportunities for China-New Zealand cooperation

New opportunities for China-New Zealand cooperation
Wu Xi
Asia-Pacific political and economic relationships were in the spotlight this week. On one hand, the leaders of the 21 members of APEC met remotely to discuss economic and trade opportunities, against a backdrop of a new Chinese Five Year Plan that promotes a new concept of a 'dual circulation' economic approach, which effectively brings to an end the previous commitment to the global 'belt and road' investment approach.At the same time, the 'Five Eyes' Anglo-American intelligence partnership - of which NZ is a...

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