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China condemned Australia and New Zealand on Wednesday for “colonial-style arrogance” and poor treatment of Indigenous people after a joint statement by the two nations raised concerns over Beijing’s rights record.<\/p>\n
In comments sent to AFP, a spokesperson for Beijing’s embassy in New Zealand said the comments by Australia and New Zealand’s defence and foreign ministers were “marked by bias, misinformation, and inexplicable colonial-style arrogance”.<\/p>\n
The spokesperson accused the two countries of overlooking the “root cause” of the current war in the Middle East, triggered by joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28.<\/p>\n
And they accused New Zealand and Australia of staying silent on their “own poor records concerning human rights and ethnic minority issues”.<\/p>\n
Tuesday’s joint statement, issued after meetings in Canberra, saw ministers from both countries condemn Iran’s “reckless and indiscriminate attacks” on its neighbours.<\/p>\n
It also condemned Beijing’s “destabilising activities” in the disputed South China Sea as well as its treatment of minorities in Xinjiang and Tibet, and stifling of freedoms in the southern semi-autonomous city of Hong Kong.<\/p>\n
Beijing’s mission in Wellington in response accused Canberra and Wellington of “double standards”.<\/p>\n
While minorities in China enjoyed “harmony”, it said, the international community was “well placed” to “form a fair judgment regarding the treatment of Indigenous peoples and ethnic minorities in those countries”.
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