Winston Peters has made it clear to China that we aren't happy with its handling of the warships the Tasman Sea. 

The Foreign Minister's been meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing. 

Peters says the pair talked about China's new deal with the Cook Islands and the Chinese Navy vessels, which have now entered Australia's exclusive economic zone. 

Geopolitical analyst Geoffrey Miller told Mike Hosking Peters doesn't appear to have held back. 

He says it appears to have been a fairly tough conversation, and a robust exchange of views, with Peters saying it was a "failure" that China didn't give more notice to New Zealand. 

Miller says China probably didn't want things to play out as they have, and reports from Chinese state media suggest it's keen for more "dialogue" in the future. 

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