Beijing protests after Peters tells Green MP to "go back to your own country"

Beijing protests after Peters tells Green MP to "go back to your own country"

Protests erupted in Beijing after Foreign Minister Winston Peters told Chinese-born Green MP Lawrence Xu-nan to "go back to his own country" in Parliament. The New York Times covered the story using Peters' ministerial title. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon called the remarks "racist and offensive" but hasn't yet spoken with Peters, saying both had been travelling.

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