Two overseas agents from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s state media have been revealed as two of the top donors of New Zealand’s major opposition party, and the country is lacking proper laws to make it illegal.
The New Zealand Electoral Commission’s donation records—released in late April—reveal that the National Party’s 2022 donors include three high-level CCP influencers, including two media operatives with close ties to the CCP.
Leading the CCP-tied donors is Shanghai-based Lu Xinyan (Vicky Lu), who donated just under NZ$20,000 (AU$18,800 and US$12,732), with an amount of $18,750.
Lu Xinyan is the acting head of the Australia and New Zealand offices of People’s Daily Overseas Edition. She is also the president and chairman of the board of Atlantic Media Group in New Zealand….