China Calls New Zealand a ‘Pawn’ After Espionage Accusation

China accused New Zealand of acting as a “pawn for anti-China forces” after its intelligence agency said Beijing was conducting espionage against the country on a significant scale.

By Ainsley Thomson

China claims New Zealand’s spy report is product of foreign interference

China’s embassy in Wellington has rejected New Zealand’s latest security assessment as the product of “foreign interference” and a “Cold War mentality”, as tension grows in a relationship already strained by geopolitical and security concerns. The New Zealand Security Intelligence Service’s annual threat report identified China as the only country conducting espionage “at scale”. In the Thursday report, the agency’s Director General Andrew Hampton described the current threat environment as “...

By Shi Jiangtao

China denies espionage, foreign interference in New Zealand

The embassy rejects a new report by New Zealand's top spy agency, claiming it contains multiple "false allegations against China".

China slams ‘groundless’ espionage claims by New Zealand spy agency

China’s embassy in Wellington condemned on Friday “groundless” claims by New Zealand’s spy agency that Beijing had stepped up espionage activities on its soil. An annual report by New Zealand’s Security Intelligence Service warned this week that China was conducting espionage against the country “at scale”. In response, a spokesperson for Beijing’s embassy in Wellington […]

By AFP