Embassy complained the event had breached the one-China policy, but Foreign Minister Winston Peters described the criticism as a ‘mistake’.

Beijing has criticised a cross-party group of New Zealand lawmakers for attending a reception held by Taiwan’s de facto embassy, saying they had violated the one-China principle. Last week, the Chinese ambassador Wang Xiaolong wrote to a number of parliamentarians who had attended the October 24 event at the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office to mark the foundation of the Republic of China, Taiwan’s official name. Wang warned them that their attendance breached New Zealand’s foreign policy and…

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