Author(s): Duncan Campbell (ed.); Brian Moloughney (ed.)

NZ History

December 2022 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the signing of diplomatic relationsbetween China and New Zealand. In 1972, when the communiqué was signed, itmarked the end of New Zealand's keeping China at arm's length, in deference to theUnited States' unwillingness to treat with it. In 2022, the United States and Chinaare once again at odds, and China is our largest trading partner. The stand-offbetween the two presents a difficult balancing act for small nations such as NewZealand.Tolerance and care, and perhaps benevolence as well, will be needed as NewZealand as a nation, and New Zealanders as individuals, go forward in managing arelationship that has become too complex to be capable of easy solutions, and tooimportant to be left to chance.In this collection of 50 texts, which range from essays to poems, a wide range ofauthors, from diplomats and students to politicians, academics and businesspeople,reflect on their experiences of and in China over the last half century. They form a unique insight into the changing face of what is now one of the world's greatestpowers, and our relationship with it. Authors include Hone Tuwhare, Nina Mingya Powles, John McKinnon,