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3News has started doing longer-form interviews lately, like it used to
do years ago when John Campbell was on the news team, but perhaps
shorter. Here is one with former NZ PM Helen Clark <https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360812459/helen-clark-says-decision-attend-china-parade-line-call>,
who, along with another former NZ PM, John Key, was invited to attend
the recent commemoration of the end of World War II hosted by Chinese
President Xi Jin Ping in Beijing.

Not being a current world leader, they were part of a second tier of
guests who didnrCOt get to mingle with the actual world leaders (beyond
the personal greeting by the President himself).

Yes, there are those may not like it when some of our own most
respected choose to be seen in such company. The reality is, when you
have a gathering of so many leaders representing such a huge chunk of
the worldrCOs population, it cannot simply be ignored. Whatever theyrCOre
up to, rightly or wrongly, it will be one of the major currents of
history, from here on.
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From Newsgroup: nz.politics

On Thu, 4 Sep 2025 00:48:47 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D|Oliveiro
<ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

3News has started doing longer-form interviews lately, like it used to
do years ago when John Campbell was on the news team, but perhaps
shorter. Here is one with former NZ PM Helen Clark ><https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360812459/helen-clark-says-decision-attend-china-parade-line-call>,
who, along with another former NZ PM, John Key, was invited to attend
the recent commemoration of the end of World War II hosted by Chinese >President Xi Jin Ping in Beijing.

Not being a current world leader, they were part of a second tier of
guests who didnAt get to mingle with the actual world leaders (beyond
the personal greeting by the President himself).

Yes, there are those may not like it when some of our own most
respected choose to be seen in such company. The reality is, when you
have a gathering of so many leaders representing such a huge chunk of
the worldAs population, it cannot simply be ignored. Whatever theyAre
up to, rightly or wrongly, it will be one of the major currents of
history, from here on.

It is difficult to understand why either Clark or Key accepted the
invitation to attend. What was in it for either of them? Given that
both of them are now political non-entities, what was in it for Xi?
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Crash McBash
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