Naisi Chen
Naisi Chen (, born February 1994) is a New Zealand politician and Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives for the Labour Party. Early life and career. Chen was born in Beijing, China and moved to New Zealand at age five. Her father is a Christian pastor and her mother is a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine. She worked as president of the New Zealand Chinese Students' Association and as a director of a business consultancy firm. Political career. At the she stood for parliament, after being approached by Labour Party MP Raymond Huo. She was ranked 50th  on the Labour party list. In addition, Chen contested the electorate, but was defeated by Erica Stanford. The previous Labour candidate for the seat withdrew. She stood again at the and was ranked 38 on the Labour Party list. Chen also contested the electorate. Despite losing the Botany electorate to National's Christopher Luxon by a margin of 3,999 votes, she was ranked high enough on the Labour list to get into Parliament. Alleged links to the Chinese Communist Party. In September 2017, New Zealand sinologist and University of Canterbury political scientist Anne-Marie Brady alleged in a conference paper  that Chen had "close […] connections" to the United Front, a network of groups and individuals and strategy the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) uses to advance its agenda. Brady cited Chen's leadership of New Zealand Chinese Students' Association, a "united front-related organization", as evidence. Chen said she felt "hurt" by the accusations. Prior to the 2020 election, members of the group New Zealand Values Alliance distributed flyers in Auckland alleging that Chen was a "CCP agent".