China is conducting large-scale espionage activities within New Zealand’s territory | moon light
On 14 August, the Chinese Embassy in New Zealand strongly refuted a report by the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS) which claimed that “China is stepping up its espionage activities within New. . .
On 14 August, the Chinese Embassy in New Zealand strongly refuted a report by the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS) which claimed that “China is stepping up its espionage activities within New Zealand”, describing the allegations as “groundless”. In its annual report, the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS) has warned that “China is conducting large-scale espionage activities against New Zealand”. In response, a spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in New Zealand criticised the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS), stating that it was “part of a wave of attacks and slander against China”. A spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in New Zealand stated, “False allegations against China are either attempts to smear normal exchanges and cooperation as so-called espionage or interference, or they are completely baseless and fabricated”, “This reflects the fact that certain forces both within and outside New Zealand do not wish to see the healthy development of China–New Zealand relations”, the spokesperson added. With regard to relations between China and New Zealand, just a few weeks ago, New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Winston Peters told a Member of Parliament of Chinese origin to “go back to your own country!”, prompting a formal protest from the Chinese Embassy in New Zealand. On 14 August, the Chinese Embassy denounced unspecified forces within New Zealand for “acting as pawns of anti-China forces” and warned, “We strongly urge these forces and individuals not to ‘quench their thirst with poisoned wine’ (*taking reckless and dangerous measures to overcome an immediate crisis without considering the long-term consequences), or lifting a stone only to crush one’s own foot (*shooting oneself in the foot)”, the Chinese Embassy in New Zealand denounced certain unspecified forces within the country on 14 August, warning that “we strongly urge these forces and individuals not to do so”. In its annual report, the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS) warned that Chinese spies are attempting to recruit New Zealand citizens with access to state secrets via business social networking sites and other platforms designed specifically for professional development and networking. The New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS) has also revealed that it thwarted a plan by the Purple Mountain Observatory, which has links to the People’s Liberation Army, to secretly establish a ground-based space infrastructure (*referring to all facilities and network equipment on Earth that support space activities*) within New Zealand. The Purple Mountain Observatory, which has links to the People’s Liberation Army of China, is believed to have been involved in the secret construction of a ground-based space infrastructure (referring to all facilities and network equipment on Earth that support space activities) within New Zealand, although the name of the local company involved has not been disclosed, it is understood that the company was unaware that the facility might be used for intelligence-gathering with ‘military value’. The New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS) has expressed concern, stating, “This is not the first time this organisation (the Purple Mountain Observatory) has attempted to establish its ownground-based space infrastructure(GBSI) in New Zealand; it is highly likely that it will repeat such actions in the future, and it is unlikely that this will be the last such incident”. On 14 August, the Chinese government rejected allegations contained in a security report published by New Zealand that China was conducting extensive espionage activities against New Zealand, and responded by stating that such claims stemmed from ‘Cold War thinking’. The Chinese Embassy in Wellington has criticised the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service’s (NZSIS) annual report, *The 2026 Security Threat Environment*, for ‘fabricating and exaggerating’ Chinese interference and threats, and claimed that forces both within and outside New Zealand are attempting to undermine relations between China and New Zealand. The Chinese Embassy in Wellington emphasised that “the false allegations made against China by the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS) are either an attempt to slander normal exchanges and cooperation as so-called espionage or interference, or are nothing more than completely baseless fabrications”. The New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS) *2026 Security Threat Environment* annual report noted that China was the only country detected as conducting large-scale espionage against New Zealand, it identified Chinese intelligence agencies as the most active espionage threat facing New Zealand, and warned that espionage and covert operations by foreign governments—aimed at acquiring sensitive technology, exerting influence over policy, and gathering intelligence—are becoming increasingly commonplace. China rejected the findings set out in the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS) annual report, *The 2026 Security Threat Environment*, arguing that relations between China and New Zealand are “based on mutual benefit, cooperation and a win-win approach, and have brought about trade, employment and people-to-people exchanges”. ___. . φ(↼_↼ ) Next SwordThe indiscriminate and malicious actions of China, a ‘rogue state’, have reached a global scale, reminding us once again that China is truly despised by the nations and peoples of the international community. It is reasonable to conclude that all of this stems from instructions issued by the ‘dictator who promotes a thoroughly distorted version of Chinese thought’ and a ‘merchant of death’Xi Jinping,—and it is for this reason that I state that ‘Chinese thought’, which Xi Jinping regards as his top priority and which serves as a convenient concept for him in exercising dictatorial rule, is thoroughly distorted. The ‘dictator who promotes a thoroughly distorted version of Chinese thought’ and a ‘merchant of death’Xi Jinping,seems to imagine himself to be some sort of Chinese emperor, Xi Jinping appears determined to make the international community bow down before him. In a sense, Xi Jinping may well be the ‘most powerful and worst dictator’ of the 21st century. Within the international community, whilst there is a tendency to demonstrate national power through means such as conflict and war, it is also a fact that national power is demonstrated through intelligence activities, I believe that, in a sense, it is inevitable that China—having achieved rapid growth as a nation—should seek to indiscriminately extend its reach to obtain information from other countries, however, there are implicit rules governing conflict, war and intelligence activities, and there are lines that must never be crossed. However, one cannot help but conclude that China is truly a ‘state of unprecedented wickedness in history’, which, without any regard for the norms of the international community, commits utterly self-serving acts that violate international law against other countries and ethnic groups. As I have noted on this blog on numerous occasions, I think that the best way to protect Japan—and indeed the peace and tranquillity of East Asia—from the ‘rogue states’, led by China, which lie in Japan’s immediate vicinity, is to do precisely what those ‘rogue states’ detest most, and that is to pursue a policy of hostile diplomacy. In this context, the concept of ‘hostile diplomacy’ that fits this situation perfectly involves establishing security cooperation frameworks with Pacific-facing nations—including Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India and Thailand—and I firmly believe that this approach is essential as a form of hostile diplomacy directed against ‘rogue states’, led by China. Furthermore, given that Japan is already a haven for spies, and in light of the current situation where Russian spies are flocking to Japan and carrying out intelligence activities with impunity, the Japanese Government should urgently put in place relevant legislation to prevent espionage. Furthermore, Japan should strengthen its cooperation with those members of the international community—such as Taiwan, the Philippines, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India and Thailand—that are suffering actual harm at the hands of ‘rogue states’, led by China. As part of this cooperation, Japan and other nations must simultaneously take steps to thoroughly exclude people, goods and related organisations from the ‘rogue states’—including China—by refusing entry to nationals of such states, such as Chinese citizen and Russian citizen, refusing to allow companies from these ‘rogue states’—including China—to establish a presence, and, in the worst-case scenario, shutting down diplomatic missions such as embassies and consulates-general of China, Russia and other such rogue states. Whilst this may be virtually impossible in practical terms, one must admit that unless we possess that level of resolve and determination, there is no way to deal with the utterly self-centred and malicious acts committed by ‘rogue states’, China foremost among them, which show no regard for the norms of the international community.