New Zealand to raise lawmakers travel ban directly with China, PM Luxon says
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News Summary
- Three backbenchers from New Zealand's centre-right coalition, Laura McClure, David Wilson and Maureen Pugh, along with Duncan Webb from the Labour party, visited Taipei last month for five days.
- China views Taiwan as its own territory, and has not ruled out the use of force to take control of the island.
- Taiwan's government rejects Beijing's sovereignty claims.
June 5 (Reuters) New Zealand will directly raise Chinas entirely inappropriate ban on four lawmakers who visited Taiwan with Beijing, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said on Friday.
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