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WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - MARCH 18: New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters and Chinese Foreign Affairs Minister Wang Yi meet for a bilateral meeting at Parliament on March 18, 2024 in Wellington, New Zealand. Wang is on a brief tour of New Zealand at a time of escalating tensions in the South China Sea. (Photo by Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images)

WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - MARCH 18: New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters and Chinese Foreign Affairs Minister Wang Yi meet for a bilateral meeting at Parliament on March 18, 2024 in Wellington, New Zealand. Wang is on a brief tour of New Zealand at a time of escalating tensions in the South China Sea. (Photo by Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images)