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Winston Peters dismissed critics of his comments about an MP, calling them "pearl-clutchers". (EPA PHOTO)
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‘Back to your own country’: China slams minister's MP jibe

Beijing has made its displeasure known after New Zealand’s Foreign Minister told a Chinese-born MP to ‘go back to your own country’.

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Winston Peters dismissed critics of his comments about an MP, calling them "pearl-clutchers". (EPA PHOTO)

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