Category : Opinion
Author: Nicholas Khoo

OPINION: The lesson of the coronavirus era is this: international security does not stop, even during a global pandemic.

While New Zealand plays cat and mouse with the coronavirus, the United States and United Kingdom have just announced that they will assist Australia in deploying a conventionally armed nuclear-powered submarine fleet.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/china-and-nz/126415734/australia-has-learnt-about-china-the-hard-way-when-will-nz-wise-up
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Category : News
Author: Reuters

Japan said it would have to determine if China meets the "extremely high standards" of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) after the world's second-biggest economy formally applied to join.

Commerce Minister Wang Wentao submitted China's application to join the free trade agreement in a letter to New Zealand's trade minister, Damien O'Connor, the Chinese ministry said in a statement late on Thursday.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/09/japan-sceptical-china-meets-high-standards-to-join-trans-pacific-partnership.html
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Category : News
Author: Reuters

Facebook is taking a more aggressive approach to shut down coordinated groups of real user accounts engaging in certain harmful activities on its platform, using the same strategy its security teams take against campaigns using fake accounts, the company told Reuters.

The new approach, reported here for the first time, uses the tactics usually taken by Facebook's security teams for wholesale shutdowns of networks engaged in influence operations that use false accounts to manipulate public debate, such as Russian troll farms.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/technology/2021/09/facebook-responds-to-abuse-scrutiny-by-revealing-aggressive-takedown-moves.html
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Category : News
Author: RNZ / Reuters

China has applied to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the world's biggest free trade agreement.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/451705/china-applies-to-join-comprehensive-and-progressive-trans-pacific-partnership
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Category : News
Author: news.com.au

Australia's Defence Minister Peter Dutton has bluntly warned the prospect of war with China cannot be ruled out, but said it was ultimately "a question for the Chinese".

Speaking in Washington DC to Sky News, Dutton raised the issue of Taiwan's sovereignty as the most likely flashpoint.

Article: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/world/australian-defence-minister-peter-duttons-warning-over-prospect-of-war-with-china/
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Category : Defence
Author: WILSON LONGHURST

Defence Minister Peeni Henare says he has ‘no concern’ for two Royal New Zealand Navy ships heading to the South China Sea.

Article: https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/no-concern-around-nz-navy-ships-in-south-china-sea-henare
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Category : News
Author: Jamie Ensor

New Zealand's deputy Prime Minister isn't reading anything into the timing of China's request to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) has confirmed to Newshub that China formally requested to join the free trade agreement - which involves New Zealand and 10 other Asia-Pacific nations - on Thursday. 

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/09/grant-robertson-denies-new-zealand-soft-touch-to-china-believes-cptpp-request-not-connected-to-aukus-deal.html
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Category : News
Author: Reuters

China has filed an application to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the country's commerce ministry said on Thursday, as the world's second-biggest economy looks to bolster its clout in trade.

Commerce Minister Wang Wentao submitted China's application to join the free trade agreement in a letter to New Zealand's trade minister, Damien O'Connor, the Chinese ministry said in a statement.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/09/china-sends-new-zealand-letter-asking-to-join-cptpp-has-telephone-chat-with-damien-o-connor.html
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