Dr Don Brash: Spying - It's what great powers do

There has been fairly predictable outrage this week at the revelation by Judith Collins, the minister in charge of the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) and Security Intelligence Service (SIS), that China spied on our Parliament in 2021. China has denied the accusation, but knowing Judith Collins as I do – and have done for more than 20 years – I don’t doubt that she has good reasons for her claim.