As Luxon heads to China, his government’s pivot toward the US is a stumbling block
- Written by Robert G. Patman, Professor of International Relations, University of Otago
Ahead of his first visit to China, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has been at pains to present meetings with Chinese premier Xi Jinping and other leaders as advancing New Zealand’s best interests.
But there is arguably a degree of cognitive dissonance involved, given the government’s increasing strategic entanglement with the United...
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