New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has indicated that he believes Chinese leader Xi Jinping is not a “dictator.”
Ahead of his first trip to China as prime minister, Hipkins was asked if he agreed with Biden’s comments referring to Xi as a dictator.
“No,” Hipkins said in reply to the question, adding that the “form of government that China has is a matter for the Chinese people.”
This is despite the fact that Chinese citizens are only able to choose between candidates that have been approved by the communist party.
Hipkins will arrive in China on June 25, leading a business delegation of 29 people in hopes of pulling New Zealand out of its current economic recession as soon as possible….