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Author: Rozina Sabur

China is conducting "human testing" to create "biologically enhanced soldiers", the head of US intelligence has claimed as he warned that Beijing now poses the biggest threat to the national security of the United States.

In an article for the Wall Street Journal, John Ratcliffe, the US director of national intelligence, warned that America must be prepared for an "open-ended" confrontation with China which he likened to the Cold War.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/300175894/china-accused-of-tests-to-create-enhanced-troops
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Category : Opinion
Author: Michelle Grattan

Opinion - In the moment, Scott Morrison's angry denunciation of the offensive Chinese tweet about alleged Australian war crimes seemed a reasonable response.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/on-the-inside/432106/opinion-china-playing-cat-and-mouse-game-with-australia
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Author: New Zealand Defence Force
NZ Defence Force delivers infrastructure to Tokelau , It took many moving parts to deliver much needed infrastructure to Tokelau. Our crew on board HMNZS Canterbury were all hands on deck along with the New Zealand Army and Royal New Zealand Air Force to deliver tonnes of essential equipment that will improve the lives of Tokelauans on Fakaofo, Nukunonu and Atafu atolls.
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A Chinese official's tweet of an image of an Australian soldier that sparked a furious reaction from Canberra was amplified across social media by unusual accounts, of which half were likely fake, an Israeli cybersecurity firm and Australian experts said.

The digitally altered image of an Australian soldier holding a bloodied knife to the throat of an Afghan child was tweeted by China's foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian on Monday.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2020/12/fake-social-media-accounts-amplified-chinese-official-s-australian-soldier-tweet-cybersecurity-firm.html
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Author: AirflowNZ

AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND December 4, 2020. Royal New Zealand Navy vessel Aotearoa made her first voyage from the Devonport Naval Base since arriving from Korean shipbuilders in June this year.

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China's state-controlled media has bluntly warned Australia's warships to stay out of the South China Sea or risk the "bitter pill" of confrontation.

In an ominous threat to Prime Minister Scott Morrison, China is doubling down after the furore over a shocking doctored image depicting a grinning Australian soldier slitting the throat of an Afghan child, news.com.au reports.

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Article: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/chinas-ominous-south-china-sea-warning-to-australia/QTLICZ2QIKV5RZV5WNPTYHVFE4/
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Author: NZDF

New Zealand Army Unimog truck parts for the Kingdom of Tonga’s military and PPE, including medical gowns, have been delivered to the island nation today.

A Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130H(NZ) Hercules delivered the freight in a contactless logistics stop, with the goods offloaded at Fua’amotu International Airport for Tongan authorities to distribute.

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Author: Crystal Wu

Kiwis are being warned to be vigilant after reports of scam emails claiming to have come from the The New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA). 

The false account tells recipients to pay $79.95 for a vehicle license renewal.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/12/new-zealand-transport-agency-warns-against-scam-email.html
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