Winston Jealous As China Getting All The Attention In Pacific Geopolitics

BEIJING, CH – New Zealand’s Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters is reportedly stewing in a pot of diplomatic envy while on a state visit to China, as the host nation hogs the Pacific geopolitical limelight.

Sources say Peters, normally the king of grumpy quips, has been outshone by China’s latest moves: a glitzy new partnership with the Cook Islands and live-fire drills in the Tasman Sea, conveniently staged between Australia and New Zealand while he’s stuck sipping tea in Beijing.