New Zealand is a 5 Eyes outlier on China. It might have to select a aspect
It was part of a preview for an incendiary segment of Australian TV show “60 Minutes” premised on the idea that New Zealand is so desperate to keep China, its biggest trading partner, onside that it has cast aside both its morals and its friendship with Canberra.
The clip quickly spread online, and on Monday Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison flatly denied its suggestion that New Zealand’s approach to China was jeopardizing its relations with Australia.
The phrasing of the 60 Minutes clip may have been bombastic — New Zealand is hardly “New Xi Land” — but it spoke to ongoing questions over New Zealand’s close relationship with Beijing at a time when other countries are taking a tougher approach to China.
In the past year, other members of Five Eyes — a Cold War-era partnership to share intelligence between the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand — have stepped up criticism of Beijing over alleged human rights abuses in Hong Kong and Xinjiang,…
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