getty_huawei.jpg A pedestrian talks on the phone while walking past a Huawei Technologies Co. store on January 29, 2019 in Beijing, China. In the past week, the issue of New Zealand's deteriorating diplomatic relationship with China has exploded into the public arena. The 2019 China-New Zealand Year of Tourism was also meant to be launched at Wellington's Te Papa museum next week, but that has been postponed by China. The Prime Minister has denied there is a serious diplomatic issue with China, although she has acknowledged challenges. "The Chinese are very good at targeting areas where they know it will hurt the most and the Huawei decision [has] obviously been a big issue for China."

Source: Otago Daily Times February 14, 2019 18:11 UTC