New Zealand Opposition leader praises China’s communist party

New Zealand’s opposition leader has heaped on the praise for the Communist Party of China in an interview with the country’s state-controlled television network. Simon Bridges told CGTN the Communist Party of China took the Asian powerhouse into an age of economic prosperity, calling it an “amazing story”. The National Party leader also met with Guo Shengkun, a Chinese minister rumoured to be head of Chinese spy agency the Ministry of State Security. Image: Getty