New Zealand has started to grow sour on joining its Five Eyes allies — the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and Australia — in criticizing communist China as it seeks to develop a closer relationship with China, its largest trading partner.
Five Eyes, an intelligence alliance comprised of the aforementioned five nations, emerged from spying alliances that were forged during World War II. The alliance has sought to expand its coordination to combat the rising threat and horrifying human rights abuses being committed by China, which New Zealand is not comfortable with.
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