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Hot Topic Hawke’s Bay
Hot Topic Hawke’s Bay
Politics
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How many kows to the tow?

New Zealand’s independent foreign policy faces its first big test.

Gerald Hensley
Sat, 23 Feb 2019

China’s foreign policy has always been unforgiving. When China was strong, embassies to the emperor were required to acknowledge its superior status symbolised by the deep bows known as the kow-tow. Successive British embassies to Beijing foundered on this. How many bows should be made and how

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Gerald Hensley
Sat, 23 Feb 2019
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