Commentary in local Chinese-language media has been an especially heated, with a recent op-ed by Morgan Xiao - published simultaneously by SkyKiwi, the Mandarin Pagesand the New Zealand Chinese Daily News - describing Brady and other New Zealand-Chinese democracy activists as "anti-Chinese sons of bitches" who should "get out of New Zealand".
Freeman Yu, whose New Zealand Values Alliance has started a petition urging the government to follow Australia's lead and curb China's local influence, was also called out by Xiao.