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Victoria University staff discussed keeping a "low profile" when invited on board a Chinese naval ship during its unannounced visit to New Zealand.
The Qi Jiguang slid quietly into Wellington Harbour between October 26 and 30, with no explanation from the Government or NZ Defence Force (NZDF). The navy training vessel was on a two-month tour of the Asia-Pacific region.
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Read more: Victoria University staff invited onto Chinese naval ship during unannounced NZ visit
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/117990295/victoria-university-staff-invited-onto-chinese-naval-ship-during-unannounced-nz-visit
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Facebook said on Saturday it was working to find out how Chinese leader Xi Jinping's name appeared as 'Mr Shithole' in posts on its platform when translated into English from Burmese, apologising for any offense caused and saying the problem had been fixed.
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Read more: Facebook apologises to Chinese President for calling him 'Mr S**thole'
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2020/01/facebook-apologises-to-chinese-president-for-calling-him-mr-s-thole.html
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I would say it is a pretty accurate translation...
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An advertisement seeking buyers for two recently-decommissioned New Zealand navy inshore patrol vessels has been removed from the internet at the request of the Defence Force.
Navy boats HMNZS Rotoiti and HMNZS Pukaki were listed for sale by Perth-based Global Work Boats in an online advertisement.
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Read more: Advert for HMNZS Rotoiti and Pukaki removed at request of Defence Force
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/118882303/hmnzs-rotoiti-and-pukaki-briefly-advertised-for-sale-on-australian-website#comments
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The number of people already infected by the mystery virus emerging in China is far greater than official figures suggest, scientists have told the BBC.
There have been 41 laboratory-confirmed cases of the new virus, but UK experts estimate the figure is closer to 1,700.
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Read more: New Chinese virus 'will have infected hundreds'
- Article: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-51148303
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Hold the champagne, folks. This week’s China/US deal is more about a change in tone between the world’s two biggest economies – thank goodness they’re not slapping more tariffs on each other! - than a landmark change in substance. The high walls of US and Chinese tariffs built in recent years will largely remain intact, and few economists are predicting the deal will significantly boost the growth prospects for a slowing US economy. As the New York Times noted this morning, the likes of New Zealand will still face the trade barriers imposed by the Trump administration during the recent rounds of fighting:
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Read more: Chilling The Warm Fuzzies About The US/China Trade Deal
- Article: https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2001/S00039/chilling-the-warm-fuzzies-about-the-uschina-trade-deal.htm
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The Chief of Army says there is a "minimal" chance that unexploded New Zealand munitions caused civilian deaths in Afghanistan.
And he is questioning whether the NZ Defence Force left behind any unexploded ordnance at all in the firing ranges that its soldiers used near Bamiyan.
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Read more: Army chief: 'Minimal' chance NZ ordnance to blame for Afghan civilian deaths
- Article: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/john-boswell-minimal-chance-nz-ordnance-to-blame-for-afghan-civilian-deaths/
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What I want to know is, what other ordnance did we take over there other than a couple of LAV's that would leave all these high explosives and unexploded ordnance rounds??? As the article said, they knew what they fired and cleared range after firing etc...
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Good news, guys - it turns out there is a supplement that perhaps can give you bigger balls, and you can buy it off the supermarket shelf.
Researchers in Denmark have found men who take fish oil supplements, compared to those who don't, have higher sperm counts, more volume, higher testosterone levels and - perhaps most importantly - bigger testicles.
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Read more: The easy way to get bigger balls...
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/lifestyle/2020/01/scientists-discover-fish-oil-supplements-might-give-men-bigger-balls.html
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Duh fug... and even worse why I porting here... why because it is fun stuff... lol
There you go guys you want big balls...
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When do we need to push back on China's interference in our politics? JOHN McCRONE meets the academic willing to speak out.
Canterbury University political science professor, Dr Anne-Marie Brady, is becoming a mite irritated.
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Read more: NZ academic Anne-Marie Brady in global demand for insight into China's influence
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/118630157/christchurch-academic-in-global-demand-for-insight-into-chinas-influence#comments
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