Beijing denies it is a threat as FBI opens new office in New Zealand to ‘counter China’
By Orange Wang in Beijing
Claims by the head of the FBI that China is a threat to the Indo-Pacific are groundless, Beijing said as the American security agency opened its first permanent office in New Zealand.
“We strongly oppose any attempt to make groundless assertions or vilification against China out of the Cold War mentality,” the Chinese embassy in Wellington said on Thursday. “Such acts are against people’s will and are doomed to fail.”
The comments came after the US Federal Bureau of Investigation announced it had opened a dedicated attaché office in the New Zealand capital, where staff had previously been overseen by its Australian division.
Source : SCMP