Where is New Zealand’s ‘values-based’ foreign policy when it comes to the Uyghurs? | Guled Mire

Other small nations also feel vulnerable to Chinese aggression but it hasn't stopped them speaking out over the Uyghur genocide

After the Christchurch terror attacks, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern donned a hijab as she comforted the relatives of the 51 Muslims who were killed simply for practising their faith. The image spread across the world and she was lavished with international praise.

Yet her apparent turning away from the active erasure of China's Uyghur Muslim minority population may undo that reputation. On Wednesday, New Zealand's parliament backed away from calling what is happening in Xinjiang a genocide," opting instead for the watered-down language of human rights breaches".