Chinese interference in New Zealand

Anchor Moy · Post by **Anchor Moy** » Sat Jun 02, 2018 2:15 pm

It seems that no country is too small to be of interest to the PRC. It's been a while that grumblings of Chinese interference have been coming out of Australia and New Zealand - mostly for buying up land and national businesses, but also for attempts to sway political opinion, and to control Chinese expats and students living in Australasia.

Chinese interference in New Zealand at 'critical' stage, says Canada spy report
Fri 1 Jun 2018 04.38 BST
A report released by Canada’s spy agency has warned that New Zealand, one of its closest allies, has been influenced at every level of society by the Chinese government, and that the situation has reached a “critical” stage.

The report states that New Zealand is viewed as “the soft underbelly” of its western big brothers such as the UK and US.
New Zealand's Five Eyes membership called into question over 'China links'

“President Xi Jinping is driving a multi-dimensional strategy to lift China to global dominance,” it stated, and New Zealand was a key pawn in its strategy, with the government regarding its relations with the island nation as “an exemplar” of how it would like to steer future relations with other states.

The report was published by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) but does not reflect the spy agency’s official views, and was based on reports to CSIS during an academic workshop.

The report claimed New Zealand’s business, political and intellectual elite had all been targeted by the Chinese Communist party, and that business tie-ups with companies, universities and research centres had been used to “influence activities and to provide access to military technology, commercial secrets and other strategic information”.

“Massive efforts” had also been made to bring Chinese-language media and Chinese community groups under the party’s control, and political donations have been made, it said.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/ ... spy-report

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Sat Jun 02, 2018 5:30 pm

Even a small country like France is being infiltrated.

Fish swimming in deep water’: France arrests two spies for passing secrets to China
26 May 2018 09:30
AFP
- Two former French spies have been arrested after being accused of passing classified information to China, officials revealed on Friday, highlighting what experts see as Beijing’s push to develop its foreign intelligence capabilities.

The suspected double-agents were charged and detained last December, but the incident only came to light late Thursday following French media reports and a statement from Defence Minister Florence Parly.
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/26/f ... ets-china/

bolueeleh · Post by **bolueeleh** » Sun Jun 03, 2018 11:40 pm

The report was published by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) but does not reflect the spy agency’s official views

WTF?

ExPenhMan · Post by **ExPenhMan** » Mon Jun 04, 2018 2:48 pm

Basically, the CSIS report is a report on a multi-national meeting earlier this year. From the Toronto Globe and Mail:

CSIS gathered international analysts in Ottawa earlier this year for consultations on China and summarized what it heard in the report it published, called China and the Age of Strategic Rivalry.