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Beijing tells New Zealand's cyber agencies to "stop spreading lies," and Huanqiu passes it on

The only hostile item about New Zealand in this window is from Huanqiu. It relays a Chinese Foreign Ministry rebuke of a New Zealand cyber security agency, which had named China as a persistent cyber threat. The rest is cordial or neutral: a memorial in Timor-Leste, a university deal in Indonesia, talk of EU associate status, a West Bank statement, and the dissolution of parliament. Huanqiu (环球网), 24 Sep

1. French Polynesia Tahiti Infos Nothing on this
2. French Polynesia Radio 1 Tahiti Nothing on this
3. New Caledonia Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes Nothing on this
4. Timor-Leste Tatoli 0/10 at its hottest, 1 piece
5. China Huanqiu (环球网) 4/10 at its hottest, 1 piece
6. Indonesia Tribunnews 2/10 at its hottest, 2 pieces
7. Malaysia Harian Metro Nothing on this
8. Vietnam VnExpress Nothing on this
9. Japan ZAKZAK (Yukan Fuji) Nothing on this
10. South Korea Chosun Ilbo Nothing on this
11. Thailand Thairath Nothing on this
12. India Dainik Bhaskar Nothing on this
13. Germany Bild Nothing on this
14. France Euronews (French edition) 0/10 at its hottest, 1 piece
15. Spain El Mundo Nothing on this
16. Italy Il Giornale Nothing on this
17. Netherlands De Telegraaf Nothing on this
18. Portugal Correio da Manhã Nothing on this
19. Russia Komsomolskaya Pravda Nothing on this
20. Türkiye Sabah 0/10 at its hottest, 1 piece
21. Brazil G1 (Globo) Nothing on this
22. Argentina Clarín Nothing on this
23. Mexico Milenio Nothing on this
24. Qatar (pan-Arab) Al Jazeera Arabic Nothing on this

Blind spots: Le Parisien (France), Le Monde (France), France 24 (France), RFI (France), Mediapart (France), Rudaw (Sorani) (Kurdistan Region of Iraq), Imedi (Georgia), 1TV (Georgian Public Broadcaster) (Georgia); no outlet yet for Kiribati, Tuvalu, Nauru, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Niue, Tokelau, Wallis and Futuna, Eritrea, Djibouti, Uganda, Rwanda, Ghana, South Africa, Laos, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Czechia, Belgium, Switzerland, Serbia, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador.

1. 4

   Huanqiu relays Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun responding to a New Zealand cyber agency's claim that China is a persistent threat. He calls it false information spread for political purposes and urges "the relevant New Zealand agencies to stop spreading lies and stirring up discord."

   It is the only angry note about New Zealand in the window, and the anger comes from Beijing, not the outlet. The tone is a terse official rebuke, not a Huanqiu editorial campaign. Beijing aims at named agencies, not the government as a whole. That leaves room to escalate if New Zealand repeats the attribution during the election campaign. Huanqiu (环球网), 24 Sep

2. 2

   European Parliament President Metsola told Euronews that New Zealand and Australia could follow Canada into a proposed EU "associate member" status. The context is US tariff pressure, and Trump has threatened tariffs if such moves turn "hostile."

   It puts New Zealand on a European list of like-minded "middle powers" without anything from Wellington. That could become a sore point with Washington. Right now New Zealand is just named in passing. Euronews (French edition), 17 Sep

3. 2

   Tribunnews ran a sympathetic, wire-based piece on Winston Peters condemning Israeli settlement expansion as illegal and condemning settler violence.

   Indonesia's biggest mass-market network presents New Zealand as on the right side of the Palestine issue. That is goodwill with a large Muslim-majority audience. The story came via Anadolu, so it is wire copy, not Tribunnews's own view. Tribunnews, 9 Sep

Read the full World lens: 6 translated articles, where outlets split, and what the coverage says about the countries themselves.