The problem in NZ is that we can’t debate China’s influence. National is little more than a front for Chinese business interests and on the Left any criticism of China is labeled xenophobic. Between these two points, a National Party paid for by China and a Left who claim any criticism of China is racist, China has managed to gain enormous power in NZ by economically owning us, having a huge diaspora living here and gaining access to bottling our water. As the Cold War between China and America heats up, China is actively attempting to encroach into the South Pacific by establishing ‘fishing’ ports and using a fishing militia to push other fishing boats off others fishing grounds. To date NZ has managed to keep out of any direct confrontation with China because China the National Party did everything in their decade of power to bend over backwards to China.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 03, 2022 06:34 UTC