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Russian meat, dairy and seafood may hurt New Zealand businesses if Chinese investment into Russia grows in the wake of the Ukraine war, a former diplomat says.

His hawkish proposals on China have become policy in the past.

China said Sunday its military spending would rise at the fastest pace in four years, warning of "escalating" threats from abroad. The country's planned budgets for the year put defense spending at 1.55 trillion yuan ($225 billion), a 7.2 percent rise and the quickest rate of increase since 2019.

China said Sunday its military spending would rise at the fastest pace in four years, warning of "escalating" threats from abroad at a meeting of its rubber-stamp parliament that is set to hand Xi Jinping a third term as president.

China's science and technology policies should aim to build the country's strength and self-reliance, while companies take the lead in pushing innovation, Premier Li Keqiang said on Sunday. The country effectively countered external attempts to suppress and contain China’s development over the past five years by promoting development of the…

At the opening of the Communist party’s National People’s Congress, outgoing premier Li Keqiang confirmed a further rise in defence spending as well

China largely kept its language regarding Taiwan the same in an annual report to the nation’s legislature, suggesting that President Xi Jinping is maintaining its policy toward the self-ruled island even as global tensions increase.

China has expanded its defense budget by 7.2%, just

China’s parliament set to hand Xi Jinping third term as president and implement biggest government shake-up in a decade.