The NZ China Council was delighted to welcome the Prime Minister, Rt Hon John Key, to a joint meeting of the Executive and Advisory Boards held in Auckland on 25 November. Prime Minister Key spoke… Read More
The New Zealand China Council welcomes the announcement of negotiations to upgrade the New Zealand China Free Trade Agreement. New Zealand China Council Executive Director Stephen Jacobi says the news is a vote of confidence… Read More
The NZ China Council joined with the Asia New Zealand Foundation to discuss the ways in which New Zealand could co-operate with China on President Xi Jinping’s “One belt, One road” and “Maritime Silk Road”… Read More
The Chinese are fantastic people. For 20 years I’ve been beating the feet to the most populace place on the planet and it’s changed every visit. But the people remain the same. Stoic, resilient,pumping! Wanting… Read More
The New Zealand China Council is deeply saddened at the news that New Zealand Herald journalist Christopher Adams passed away in Cambodia recently. Council Chairman Sir Don McKinnon says Christopher was an outstanding journalist and… Read More
NZ China Council welcomes Dr Gary Liu October 26, 2016 The distinguished Shanghai-based economist, Dr Gary Liu, is making a short visit to New Zealand as a guest of the New Zealand China Council. Read More
A question for incoming Auckland Mayor Phil Goff: How will you lift the city’s economic relationship with China? One in 12 Aucklanders identifies as Chinese; this is the country’s commercial capital and it’s gateway for… Read More
New Zealand China Council Executive Director Stephen Jacobi on why Kiwis should care about our growing relationship with China. Read More
NZ China Council Board members were out in force to support the launch of the Committee for Auckland’s study “The Auckland-China Relationship: Rhetoric, Reality and Opportunity”. Council Chair Sir Don McKinnon was joined by Board… Read More
WeChat is far more than a messaging app. With more than 700 million monthly active users, it is also a powerful social network, a marketing and ecommerce platform, a digital payments service and a channel… Read More
The rise of Chinese agriculture and implications for New Zealand will be the focus of the NZ Contemporary China Research Centre’s annual conference in Wellington on October 27-28. Hosted by Victoria University and sponsored by… Read More
NZ China Council welcomes Vice-Chairman of Guangxi Council Executive Director Stephen Jacobi was honoured to join a welcome dinner hosted by Consul General Mme Xu Erwen for the Vice-Chairman of Guangxi Jiang Autonomous region HE… Read More
New Zealand China Council Chairman Sir Don McKinnon interviewed on China Radio International about New Zealand – China relations, 1 September 2016… Read More
More young New Zealanders should embrace the opportunity to learn Chinese, according to New Zealand China Council Executive Director Stephen Jacobi. “Chinese Language Week is a reminder of how critical language acquisition is to developing… Read More
The NZ China Council was pleased to host a luncheon discussion for business, government and media guests with Professor Bates Gill in Auckland on 5 September. Prof Gill is Professor of Asia-Pacific Strategic Studies at… Read More
China’s economic and diplomatic initiative One Belt, One Road (OBOR) is predicted to become the largest trade platform in the world. This report by McKinsey covers an interview on OBOR and what… Read More
New Zealand China Council Executive Director Stephen Jacobi visited Beijing and Shanghai in August 2016 following an APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) meeting in Shenzhen. In Beijing Mr Jacobi met with New Zealand’s ambassador to… Read More
The Executive Board of the NZ China Council met in Christchurch on 16 August. The Board was joined at lunch by Mayor Lianne Dalziel and Canterbury University Vice Chancellor Rod Carr at the newly renovated… Read More
These comments appeared in the New Zealand Herald on 15 August 2016. “I doubt very much this was written by a Chinese- the first thing is that it is anonymous, which is a danger. There’s… Read More
This opinion piece originally appeared on stuff.co.nz on 25 July 2016 OPINION: “When elephants fight, it gets tough on the grass”. I wrote this when the United States under President Bush was blocking steel imports… Read More
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