Why New Zealand Remains the ‘Wonky Eye’ of the Five Eyes

Why New Zealand Remains the ‘Wonky Eye’ of the Five Eyes

This week, New Zealand’s prime minister, Chris Hipkins, conducted an official state visit to China. It was his first since he took office, replacing Jacinda Ardern, who stepped down at the start of this year. On the trip, numerous economic and trade agreements were signed between the two countries, and most distinctively, Hipkins pushed back…

Sinophobia Meets Prison Labor in a Think Tank Down Under

Sinophobia Meets Prison Labor in a Think Tank Down Under

The West has been literally swamped by a non-stop propaganda offensive about Uyghur forced labor camps – thoroughly debunked, for instance, here. Now let’s examine the other – Western – side of the story.  In early 2021, Defense for Children (DCI) took the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) to court in New South Wales. DCI’s lawsuit…

Beijing, the Five Eyes or Something Else? Who’s to Blame for the COVID Pandemic?

Beijing, the Five Eyes or Something Else? Who’s to Blame for the COVID Pandemic?

Ever since the earliest days of the Coronavirus pandemic, evidence began to emerge that the virus was not a naturally occurring evolutionary phenomenon as asserted by the WHO, Nature Magazine, and editors at the Lancet, but had other origins. Among the earliest of those who found themselves supporting this theory were the Chinese Foreign Ministry…

From Five Eyes to Six? Japan’s Push to Join the West’s Intelligence Alliance

From Five Eyes to Six? Japan’s Push to Join the West’s Intelligence Alliance

As tensions with China continue to grow, Japan is making moves to join the “Five Eyes” intelligence-sharing alliance. This week, Japan’s ambassador to Australia, Shingo Yamagami, told The Sydney Morning Herald he was “optimistic” about his country coming on board. [I] would like to see this idea become reality in the near future. This comes…

China-Australia Relations are Deteriorating Fast, and It’s Canberra’s Loyalty to US and Hostility to Beijing That’s to Blame

China-Australia Relations are Deteriorating Fast, and It’s Canberra’s Loyalty to US and Hostility to Beijing That’s to Blame

As China considers a ban on coal from Australia, the government in Canberra faces a difficult dilemma. How does it keep Beijing – its biggest trading partner – happy, without upsetting its key security partner, the US? Australia’s Foreign Ministry is urgently seeking clarification from China as to whether Beijing has asked a number of…