China says New Zealand PM’s comments on assertiveness “wrong”


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By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) – China’s embassy in New Zealand rebuked New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern for comments she made at the NATO summit about Chinese assertiveness, calling them “misguided” and “wrong”. Ardern said on Wednesday in Madrid that China has “in recent times also become more assertive and more willing to challenge international rules and norms.” “We have taken note of the relevant comment made by the New Zealand side at the NATO session, which includes some misguided accusations against China,” an embassy spokesman said in a statement on its website on Thursday. “That allegation is wrong...