Chinese state-linked observatory sought NZ site, spy agency says

Reuters: The New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS) said Purple Mountain Observatory, an organisation based in China with close ties to the government ​in Beijing, had sought to install ground-based space infrastructure through a local company that was likely unaware ​that the equipment could collect intelligence of military value. The agency did not identify ⁠the New Zealand company or detail how the plans was disrupted…