New Zealand will continue to cooperate with 'more assertive' China, Ardern says

Despite their differences the nations have shared interests, Jacinda Ardern says as she plans trip to China New Zealand will continue to cooperate on "shared interests" with China, even as tensions increase in the region and China grows "more assertive in the pursuit of its interests", Jacinda Ardern has said. Speaking to the China Business Summit in Auckland on Monday, the prime minister said she was planning a trip to China "to seize new opportunities for dialogue," support the trade relations...