Photo: RNZ / Vinay RanchhodChinese Communist Party spies are infiltrating New Zealand universities, three lecturers in Chinese politics and history suspect. "I was getting people turning up to my class who were not enrolled students and were there to either observe or disrupt," said Brady. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is known for wanting tight control over what is said about China and its history both inside and outside of China. Photo: Getty ImagesCatherine Churchman, who teaches ancient Chinese history at Victoria University in Wellington, said she had received similar attention. In 2017, while teaching a Chinese history class, a man she thought was a student upbraided her about her lecture content.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 27, 2021 21:11 UTC