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Ambassador Wang Xiaolong Attends the 2026 China Business Awards Gala Dinner of the New Zealand China Trade Association and Delievers a Speech

On June 11, Ambassador Wang Xiaolong attended the 2026 China Business Awards Gala Dinner of the New Zealand China Trade Association (NZCTA) upon invitation and delievered a speech. Also present were Consul General in Auckland Chen Shijie, New Zealand Minister of Defense Chris Penk, former Speaker of the House David Carter, NZCTA Chair John Cochrane, New Zealand China Council Chair John McKinnon, Auckland Business Chamber CEO Simon Bridges, and representatives from major political parties.

Ambassador Wang acknowledged the positive contributions of the NZCTA in promoting economic and trade cooperation between China and New Zealand, as well as the healthy and stable development of bilateral relations. He congratulated all award-winning enterprises and individuals. Ambassador Wang pointed out that during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, China will continue to pursue high-quality development and expand high-level opening-up, bringing new opportunities to New Zealand and other countries around the world. He encouraged all to continue leveraging their respective strengths and play a greater role in bilateral mutually beneficial cooperation, for the benefit of the two countries and their peoples.

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One flick of the wrist is all it takes: This incredible grandpa in Jingxiu Park of Zhengzhou sends a spinning top racing along a line ‒ including a dip through a water pool ‒ and lands it perfectly on a metal tray, still spinning.

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A heartwarming scene was captured as two daughters accompanied their 80-year-old mother to play in a park — and gave her the joy of being a happy little girl again. 🧓💕

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This land was once taken over by endless desert.
Year after year, locals and volunteers keep planting trees here.
From 3% to 18.28% forest coverage.
No grand words, just hard work and hope.
We turn desert into oasis, together.
#Minqin #ChinaStory #Volunteer #GreenEarth

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Spokesperson of the Ministry of National Defense and Senior Colonel Zhang Xiaogang: On June 8, the 13th China-New Zealand Strategic Defense Dialogue was held in China. The two sides had in-depth and candid discussions on international and regional issues of shared concern, and reaffirmed the willingness to strengthen substantive engagement and cooperation. The dialogue helped enhance mutual understanding and trust between the two sides.

中国国防部新闻发言人张晓刚大校：6月8日，中新（西兰）两军第13次战略对话在华举行。双方围绕共同关心的国际和地区问题坦诚深入交换意见，表达了加强两军务实交流合作的积极意愿，增进了相互理解和信任。

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Justice Northcroft of NZ reported: The Tokyo Trials judgment reveals how Japan’s military and political leaders, by seizing power, suppressing dissent, and misleading their own people, stirred up warlike sentiment at home. Every facet of Japanese life was turned toward preparing and waging aggressive war—ultimately bringing destruction upon their own nation. #TokyoTrials80

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We call on peace🕊️-loving friends in NZ & the Pacific: uphold the Tokyo Tribunal’s conclusions, resist Japan’s militarist revival, oppose revising the Pacifist Constitution or whitewashing aggression. Let us remember history–not to entrench hate, but to prevent tragedies from being repeated, and to safeguard justice and peace. #TokyoTrials80

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To forget the past is to betray those who lost their lives in that war – in China, the figure exceeding thirty million. The New Zealanders who went before us, Justice Northcroft and Associate Prosecutor Quilliam showed us by their actions: the truth must be recorded, crimes must be tried, and the struggle of justice against evil must be passed on. Their legacies reflect that a small country like New Zealand🇳🇿 can play a vital role in upholding multilateralism and international justice. #TokyoTrials80

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German philosopher #Hegel observed that the only thing we learn from history is that people learn nothing from history. A tragic flaw in human nature—but we must not give up trying. An old Chinese saying also reminds us: take people as a mirror to understand gains and losses; take history as a mirror to understand the rise and fall of nations. All victims of Japanese militarist aggression should remember history and prevent its recurrence. #TokyoTrials80

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Nowadays, even amid economic struggles, Japan continues to hike defence spending for offensive weapons, breaking “exclusive defence.” Right-wing forces worship Class-A war criminals at Yasukuni Shrine, and textbooks are revised to delete the #NanjingMassacre and “comfort women.” Is this not a replay of the pre-war years? #TokyoTrials80

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80 years after the TokyoTrials, it is painful to see that Japan has still not fully reflected on its past crimes. Shielded by outside forces, it whitewashes aggression and openly returns to a militarist path. Politicians & media whip up belligerence, push to scrap the Pacifist Constitution's war-renouncing clause. Yet it was that same Constitution which secured Japan's peace, prosperity & high growth for decades. #TokyoTrials80.

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Justice Northcroft of NZ revealed: At the #TokyoTrials, the defence argued Japan’s actions were taken against the Powers—that Japan was provoked, or waged war in self-defence. But the Tribunal found a pre-existing conspiracy to extend Japan’s dominion over other nations, violate treaty obligations, and wage aggressive war. Its findings rest entirely on evidence from public hearings and thus there established a chain of reasoning and a standard of objective enquiry which refutes the allegation that the victorious nations have made an improper use of their power. #TokyoTrials80

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Justice Northcroft of NZ made a further comparison: The Nuremberg Tribunal had access to comprehensive German state records, and their significance was largely uncontested. In Japan, however, almost all such records had been destroyed. Matters that could have been placed beyond doubt by a single official document had to be proven indirectly through lengthy documentary and oral evidence. #TokyoTrials80

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NZ Associate Prosecutor Quilliam admitted: Japan’s deliberate destruction of documents after surrender made it difficult to establish defendants’ responsibility for prisoners of war abuse. Nevertheless, enough evidence was produced to involve most defendants in these crimes. #TokyoTrials80