Beijing Protests After New Zealand Minister Insults Chinese-Born Lawmaker

The foreign minister, Winston Peters, who leads a populist party, has refused to back down after telling the member of Parliament to “go back to your own country.”

China has complained to New Zealand’s government after Foreign Minister Winston Peters told a China-born New Zealand lawmaker to “go back to your own country.”

China made a rare diplomatic protest to New Zealand on Thursday after NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters called a Chinese-born lawmaker a "loudmouth" who ​he urged to "go back to your own country."

New Zealand FM in row with Beijing's envoy after telling Chinese-born lawmaker to 'go back to your own country'  Dawn

China protests over New Zealand foreign minister's jibe at Chinese-born lawmaker  Reuters

China's ambassador made a rare intervention after New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters refused to back down over remarks he made in parliament to Chinese-born MP Lawrence Xu-Nan.

'Inappropriate attention-seeking comments’ by foreign minister Winston Peters widely criticised

WELLINGTON: New Zealand's top diplomat Winston Peters drew the ire of Beijing's ambassador in Wellington on Thursday (Jul 30) after telling a lawmaker of Chinese descent to "go back to your own country".During a debate about New Zealand's response to the Covid pandemic on Wednesday, populist NZ First leader Peters was