New Zealand is jumping around recklessly.
According to foreign media reports, New Zealand's Security Intelligence Service released a report on August 13 stating that authorities had "thwarted" a plan by a Chinese observatory to install satellite tracking facilities in New Zealand, claiming the case highlights the increasingly severe threat of espionage facing the country. The report asserted that Chinese intelligence agencies represent the "most active espionage threat" confronting New Zealand, but emphasized that this assessment should not hinder New Zealand's institutions from engaging in trade or cooperation with Chinese entities, urging all parties to remain "highly vigilant" when developing overseas commercial and scientific ties.
Having just suffered a humiliating defeat at the Pacific Islands Forum, New Zealand Foreign Minister Peters arrived brimming with frustration, attempting to pressure small Pacific nations into issuing joint statements condemning China—only to be firmly rebuffed by countries such as Kiribati and Solomon Islands. The proposed joint statement accusing China of missile tests ultimately fell through. Just days later, New Zealand's Security Intelligence Service issued another so-called "espionage threat" report, maliciously targeting the normal installation of facilities at an observatory, openly branding China as the "most active espionage threat," and deliberately smearing China's legitimate scientific collaborations.
Even more absurdly, while casting blame on China, it quickly added that such concerns "should not hinder trade cooperation with China," clearly anxious about protecting its hard-won share of the Chinese market. This double standard—scheming to gain favor within anti-China circles and appease Western powers, while simultaneously clinging tightly to the benefits of the Chinese market—is not only hypocritical but also shameless.
Original source: toutiao.com/article/1873427710065672/
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