Chinese interference

On a Sunday morning in Taipei, a few dozen Taiwanese civilians carrying travel coffee mugs and notebooks settled into their seats in a classroom for a day-long crash course on surviving a Chinese military invasion. The classes, run by…

Taiwan’s foreign affairs minister says the island is actively trying to prepare for a military attack by China in the coming months or years, and believes it’s only a matter of time before Beijing will move in on the self-governing…

Toronto MP Han Dong is suing Global News and its parent company, Corus Entertainment, over stories he says portrayed him as a “traitor” and a knowing participant in Chinese interference in Canada. The statement of claim, provided by…

A delegation of Canadian politicians met with the president of Taiwan in Taipei Wednesday to discuss the Chinese government’s military aggression and allegations of foreign interference. “Even as we arrived here, there’s 160 warplanes…

Two former intelligence officials called for a complete transformation of Canada’s security apparatus to counter expanding foreign interference operations that they say have been essentially ignored by Ottawa since the 1990s. On…

Liberal MP Han Dong, who is at the centre of Chinese influence allegations, privately advised a senior Chinese diplomat in February 2021 that Beijing should hold off freeing Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, according to two separate…

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau refused to say Friday if he would make an attempt by Pierre Poilievre‘s Conservatives to force his chief of staff to testify on foreign election interference a matter of confidence. MP are expected to…

David Johnston will take up the post as Ottawa’s “special rapporteur” to investigate allegations of foreign interference in Canadian elections and society. Johnston, who served as the nation’s governor general from 2010 to 2017, was…

THE WEST BLOCK Episode 25, Season 12Sunday, March 12, 2023Host: Eric SorensonGuests:Marco Mendicino, Public Safety MinisterAndrew Wallace, Australian MP, Deputy Chair of Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security …

It’s “easier” for Ottawa to stop Chinese diplomats from entering Canada than to expel them once they are here, Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly says. She also acknowledged to the committee that the Chinese ambassador has been…