ℙ𝕣𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕄𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣 ℂ𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 ℍ𝕚𝕡𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕞𝕖𝕖𝕥 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕏𝕚 𝕁𝕚𝕟𝕡𝕚𝕟𝕘, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕕𝕖 𝕥𝕒𝕝𝕜𝕤 𝕚𝕟 ℂ𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕒

ℙ𝕣𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕄𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣 ℂ𝕙𝕣𝕚𝕤 ℍ𝕚𝕡𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕞𝕖𝕖𝕥 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕏𝕚 𝕁𝕚𝕟𝕡𝕚𝕟𝕘, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕕𝕖 𝕥𝕒𝕝𝕜𝕤 𝕚𝕟 ℂ𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕒 𝕒𝕗𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕒 𝕗𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕖𝕪𝕖𝕤 𝕞𝕖𝕖𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕟 𝕎𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕥𝕠𝕟

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hat can be expected on the trade front when Prime Minister Hipkins meets with Xi Jinping tonight?

The meeting comes on the back of the refresh of the free trade agreement between the two countries which was signed last year.

Pat English is a former New Zealand trade commissioner in Southern China who helped work on the original China-NZ free trade agreement.

He spoke to Corin Dann.

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𝔽𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝔼𝕪𝕖𝕤 𝕞𝕖𝕖𝕥𝕤 𝕚𝕟 ℕℤ 𝕒𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕕 𝕠𝕗 ℍ𝕚𝕡𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕤 𝕞𝕖𝕖𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕏𝕚 𝕁𝕚𝕟𝕡𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥

The Prime Minister will meet late tonight with China's President Xi Jinping.

Coinciding with the visit, the Five Eyes security alliance meets in Wellington today, with China and its growing influence in the Pacific expected to be on the agenda.

Associate Professor Jason Young, Director of the New Zealand Contemporary China Research Centre at Victoria University, spoke to Corin Dann.

ℙ𝕄 ℍ𝕚𝕡𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝔹𝕖𝕚𝕛𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕙𝕚𝕘𝕙 𝕝𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕝 𝕡𝕠𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕝 𝕞𝕖𝕖𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤

Chris Hipkins has arrived in Beijing ahead of a number of high level political meetings, fraught with diplomatic challenges.

It's been four years since the last visit from a New Zealand Prime Minister and both sides say they are keen to resume face to face meetings.

Amid the global turmoil, China's ambassador to New Zealand Wang Xiaolong, says the relationship is as good as it's ever been.

He told RNZ political editor, Jane Patterson, there is room for discussion of sensitive issues, within limits.

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ℙ𝕣𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕄𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕠 𝕞𝕖𝕖𝕥 𝕏𝕚 𝕁𝕚𝕟𝕡𝕚𝕟𝕘

The Prime Minister has eased into his China visit with a day of welcomes and promoting New Zealand, but tonight is the centrepiece meeting with President Xi Jinping.

It's clear there are a range of issues on which Wellington and Beijing disagree, but Chris Hipkins says the strength of the relationship means those matters can be raised in what he describes as a constructive manner.

RNZ political editor, Jane Patterson, is in China and filed this report.

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