Originally Posted by
homonculus
Which is being hotly denied by the NZ government, but this comes at the same time as China has snubbed them on other issues. China sees NZ as the weak underbelly of Five Eyes with a weak administration. Wouldn't have happened a couple of years ago.....
Evidently, this is about excluding Huawei from 5G infrastructure, which has been, I assume, imposed on NZ because we're part of Five Eyes. The National Party (which formed the previous administration) is making capital of this issue, as is proper for an opposition; but what it hasn't said, yet, is whether it would permit Huawei gear to be used in setting up 5G. If it did, of course, we would expect retaliation from the USA (the Eagle of Freedom would undoubtedly crap on us from extreme altitude and with laser-guided precision). It's not the administration that's weak, it's New Zealand's position between two rhinoceroses that have decided to have a trial of strength.