China Rejects New Zealand Spy Allegations as False The latest security assessment from New Zealand's Security Intelligence Service has sparked a diplomatic row with its largest trading partner, China.
The agency's annual threat report claims that China is conducting widespread espionage on New Zealand, an allegation Beijing has rejected as "false" and "fabricated.
" This controversy echoes the Cold War era, where nations were pitted against each other in a zero sum game of espionage and counter espionage.