CHINA-NEW ZEALAND: SUSPICIONS ABOUT ESPIONAGE BY OVERSEAS CHINESE

Controversy about a China-born member of New Zealand's parliament has prompted Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters on December 20, 2017, to call for an investigation of Jian Yang, a National Party MP who previously worked 10 years for Chinese Military Intelligence. Jian Yang has been accused of lobbying ministers to reconsider a block on security clearance for a defense force applicant -- an allegation he denies.There is concern that classified information shared under the Five Eyes intelligence alliance -- which also includes the U.S., U.K., Canada and Australia -- may have leaked to China.

(Comment: In September 2017, Anne-Marie Brady, a Professor at New Zealand's University of Canterbury, spoke at a conference in Washington about how her country has become a new target of Chinese political influence. She has warned that China is using ethnic-Chinese residents to further its agenda, and that the pressure has reached a "critical level." Jian Yang is one of about 60 million overseas Chinese citizens and ethnic Chinese worldwide.)






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