New Zealand hardens stance on China in wake of Five Eyes security row

New Zealand leader Jacinda Ardern said Monday that differences between her country and China are becoming "harder to reconcile" after her government faced accusations it was being too soft on Beijing. While New Zealand and China continue to work together, there are things on which China and New Zealand "do not, cannot, and will not agree", Mrs Ardern said in a speech to an annual China Business Summit in Auckland. New Zealand has faced criticism as a weak link in the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing network after it expressed reluctance to use the alliance to criticize Beijing. But on Monday Prime…