Former New Zealand Prime Minister John Key said he does not see the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) as “the aggressor” and he had opposed pressure to be more outspoken on the regime.
“I just don’t see them as the aggressor that everybody else sees,” he told The Australian.
“It’s a very business orientated relationships and mercantile relationship (with China). We sell things, they buy things.”
Key believes New Zealand should be careful and cautious around its use of language towards the CCP as “no one owed a living” to the small nation and its economy relied on exports.
He also called U.S. House Speak Nancy Pelosi’s recent visit to Taiwan “incredibly reckless” and “provocative.”…