VICTORIA KIM2026年8月3日上个月，新西兰外交部长温斯顿·彼得斯在菲律宾出席东盟会议。 Pool photo by Aaron FavilaChina has lodged a formal protest after New Zealand’s top diplomat told a Chinese-born lawmaker to “go back to your own country,” a comment that has also prompted calls at home for the minister’s dismissal.新西兰外长在国会对一名出生于中国的议员说“回你自己的国家去”，这番言论在国内引发了要求其下台的呼声，中国也提出了正式抗议。The foreign minister Winston Peters, leader of the populist New Zealand First party and a longtime political kingmaker in New Zealand, made the remarks during a heated debate in the Parliament in Wellington on Wednesday in a retort to Lawrence Xu-Nan, a Green Party lawmaker whose family had immigrated when he was a child.外长温斯顿·彼得斯是民粹主义政党新西兰优先党的领袖，长期以来在新西兰政坛是能够影响权力格局的关键人物。上周三，他在惠灵顿国会的一场激烈辩论中对绿党议员南西(Lawrence Xu-Nan)说出了这番话。南西幼年时随家人移民新西兰。Responding to a shouted question from Mr. Xu-Nan about whether he was vaccinated for Covid-19, Mr. Peters said: “I know you just came here five minutes ago. Go back to your own country, that’s where they lie like a flatfish. But they don’t lie like that here.”南西大声质问彼得斯是否接种过新冠疫苗，彼得斯回应道：“我知道你才来这里五分钟。回你自己的国家去，他们在那里像比目鱼一样趴着，但这里可不会。”The Chinese Embassy in New Zealand said in a statement that it had “lodged solemn representations,” a phrase Beijing uses to signal it has made a formal complaint or protest, with the country’s foreign ministry, saying members of the Chinese diaspora were well-integrated and “deserve to be recognized and respected.” New Zealanders of Chinese heritage make up about 5.6 percent of the population, according to the latest census.中国驻新西兰大使馆发表声明，表示已就此事向新西兰外交部“提出严正交涉”——这是北京方面惯用的措辞，用来表示已经正式提出投诉或抗议。声明指出，新西兰华人华侨群体积极融入主流社会，“应当得到承认和尊重”。根据最近一次人口普查数据，华裔约占新西兰总人口的5.6%。Asked about Mr. Peters’s comments, Mao Ning, a spokeswoman for China’s foreign ministry, said, “It is hoped that relevant individual in New Zealand will do more things that contribute to the friendship between our two countries, and refrain from making China an issue in domestic politics.”中国外交部发言人毛宁在回答相关提问时表示：“希望新方有关人士多做有利于促进两国友好的事情，不要在国内政治中拿中国说事。”On Chinese social media, some people were angered by Mr. Peters’s remarks, which they called racist. But others dismissed Mr. Xu-Nan’s connection to China, as he is not a citizen.在中国社交媒体上，部分网友对彼得斯的言论表示愤慨，称其具有种族主义色彩。但也有人不以为然，认为南西既然已经不是中国公民，就谈不上和中国有什么关系。Prime Minister Christopher Luxon of New Zealand called Mr. Peters’s comments “very offensive and completely inappropriate,” and when asked by a reporter whether he thought the comment was racist, said he did.新西兰总理拉克森称彼得斯的言论“极具冒犯性且完全不恰当”。当记者问他是否认为这番话带有种族主义色彩时，他给出了肯定的回答。He nonetheless demurred on calls to fire him from an array of politicians, including a former prime minister, saying Mr. Peters, who is 81, was a successful foreign minister and that the decision was in the public’s hands with the general election three months away.不过，面对包括一位前总理在内的多方人士要求解职彼得斯的呼声，卢克森并未松口。他表示，现年81岁的彼得斯是一位成功的外交部长，且距离大选仅剩三个月，此事应交由公众评判。Mr. Luxon added that his party was focused on other priorities rather than “distractions and sideshows by populist politicians trying to bring attention to themselves.” Mr. Luxon’s National Party leads a coalition government with two smaller parties, including Mr. Peters’s New Zealand First.拉克森还说，他的政党目前专注于其他优先事项，而非“民粹主义政客试图博取关注的干扰和噱头”。拉克森领导的国家党目前与两个较小的政党组建联合政府，其中就包括彼得斯领导的新西兰优先党。Mr. Peters has refused to back down from or apologize for his comments, saying he was making the point that New Zealand was a democracy with free speech and rights.彼得斯拒绝收回言论，也拒绝道歉。他说，自己想表达的是，新西兰是一个拥有言论自由和公民权利的民主国家。“If that offends the pearl-clutchers and the communist shills labeling it as ‘dangerous’ — welcome to New Zealand,” he wrote in a social media post.“如果这冒犯了那些大惊小怪的人，还有那些把这叫做‘危险’的共产党说客——那么欢迎来到新西兰，”他在一条社交媒体帖子中写道。Mr. Peters is known for his brash rhetoric. He has previously made comments deriding or vilifying Asian immigrants and campaigned on lowering migration from Asia in the 1990s.彼得斯以口无遮拦著称，此前曾多次发表贬低或丑化亚裔移民的言论，并曾在1990年代以减少来自亚洲的移民为竞选议题。Mr. Xu-Nan, who the Green Party says is its first Chinese-born member of Parliament, told reporters after the parliamentary session that there needed to be accountability for “repeated behavior and racism from one particular member and a senior member” of Mr. Luxon’s cabinet.绿党称南西是该党首位出生于中国的国会议员。议会会议结束后，南西对记者表示，必须有人为拉克森内阁中“某位成员，而且还是一位资深议员一再出现的这种行为和种族歧视”承担责任。Wang Xiaolong, China’s ambassador to New Zealand, said in a social media post: “Sometimes, a statement says more about the person that makes it than anything or anybody else.”中国驻新西兰大使王小龙在社交媒体上发文称：“有时候，一个人说的话反映的往往是他自己，而不是他所评价的人或事。”Berry Wang自香港对本文有报道贡献。 Victoria Kim是时报驻澳大利亚记者，常驻悉尼，报道澳大利亚、新西兰和泛太平洋地区。翻译：纽约时报中文网点击查看本文英文版。获取更多RSS：https://feedx.net https://feedx.site