Category: Special Topics

Trudeau’s Adviser Knew About Chinese Threats to MPs, Chong Says

Conservative MP Michael Chong said on May 4 that he’s been told by the prime minister’s national security adviser that her department had received the information from CSIS about Beijing targeting MPs. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had said on May 3 that the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) had not provided the information to upper…


China Revises Military Conscription Laws, Eyeing Space, Cyberwarfare

China’s newly revised military conscription laws went into effect on May 1. Its focus on reenlisting retired service people and recruiting college students with expertise in space and cyberwarfare has drawn widespread attention.  The amended conscription regulations were approved by the ruling Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) State Council and the Central Military Commission in April….


Chinese Ambassador Summoned Over Threats to MP Michael Chong

The Canadian government summoned the Chinese ambassador on May 4 over the targeting of Conservative MP Michael Chong, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly told a committee. “I’ve instructed my deputy minister to summon the Chinese ambassador, that is what he’s doing as we speak,” Joly said as she testified before the House of Commons foreign…


White House Proposes Tighter Controls Over Foreign Land Purchases Near Military Bases

The Biden administration is proposing tighter controls over foreign land purchases by adding eight additional military installations to the list for national security review. This addition expands the jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), a federal panel that reviews foreign acquisitions for national security risks. Once finalized, any non-excepted real…


Biden Administration Proposes Tighter Controls Over Foreign Purchases of Land Near Military Bases

The Biden administration is proposing tighter controls over foreign land purchases by adding eight additional military installations to the list for national security review. This addition expands the jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), a federal panel that reviews foreign acquisitions for national security risks. Once finalized, any non-excepted real…


Senate Democrats Propose New Legislation to Counter Growing Threat From China

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on May 3 unveiled a new Democrat proposal aimed at staving off competition from China, boosting U.S. economic investment, and deterring Beijing from escalating conflict with Taiwan. A blueprint of the proposal dubbed the “China Competition Bill 2.0,” builds off legislation signed into law last summer authorizing more than $170 billion over five years…


Alexandre Trudeau Says Chinese Donation Was Not Interference, Committee Is Wasting Time on Foundation

Alexandre Trudeau told MPs that everything about the donation to the Trudeau Foundation from two businessmen affiliated with the Chinese regime a few years ago was legitimate and didn’t constitute any attempt to influence his brother, who would later become prime minister. “Frankly, this is a waste of time because there is not a foreign…


Former Trudeau Foundation CEO Rosenberg Met with Chinese Officials

The former CEO of the Trudeau Foundation who accepted a donation linked to the Chinese regime told a committee he had not met with Chinese officials on the issue, but was presented with information that he did. Conservative MP Michael Barrett asked Morris Rosenberg if he had met with officials from the People’s Republic of…


Tories Call for Expelling Chinese Diplomat Over Targeting of MP

The Chinese diplomat who reportedly worked to target an MP should have been expelled long ago, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and the implicated MP said on May 3. Poilievre said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government knew for two years that “a foreign agent was in this country threatening the family of a Canadian MP and…


UK Parliamentary Committee Warned of Dangers of the ‘Chinese Agenda’ in the Arctic

A parliamentary committee in London has heard of a growing interest in the Arctic by the Chinese regime and the danger posed in the region by its strategic alliance with Russia. On Wednesday the House of Lords’ international relations and defence committee heard from three experts about the threat in the Arctic Circle posed by…