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Why Australia and New Zealand issued their own statement on US-led China sanctions



Australia and New Zealand have expressed support for a sanctions blitz by Western countries against Chinese officials over alleged human rights abuses in Xinjiang, despite not imposing penalties of their own.The joint statement from Canberra and Wellington comes after the US State Department briefly included Australia and New Zealand in a statement announcing the coordinated sanctions – an apparent error the department, without public acknowledgement, later rectified on its website.Australian…



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