Tag: Infiltrating the West

Mendicino Says RCMP Shut Down Chinese Police Stations With ‘Decisive Action’

The Chinese police stations operating in Canada have been shut down by the RCMP, Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino said as he was pressed by MPs on actions taken by his government to tackle interference. “The RCMP have taken decisive action to shut down the so-called police stations,” said Mendicino while testifying on April 27…


Mendicino Says RCMP Took ‘Decisive Action’ to Shut Down Chinese Police Stations in Canada

The Chinese police stations operating in Canada have been shut down by the RCMP, Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino said as he was pressed by MPs on actions taken by his government to tackle interference. “The RCMP have taken decisive action to shut down the so-called police stations,” said Mendicino while testifying on April 27…


House Panel Debates Whether Biden-Era Energy Policies Benefit China

China’s gains and losses from energy policies during Joe Biden’s presidency were a contested topic during an April 26 hearing of the House Energy & Commerce Committee’s Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee. “Until we increase U.S. capacity for critical mineral extraction and refining, increasing our reliance on renewable energy and EVs [electric vehicles] will…


Rapper Pras Michel Convicted in Conspiracies to Influence US Government

Rapper Prakazrel “Pras” Michel, a member of the 1990’s hip-hop group the Fugees, has been found guilty by a jury on Wednesday of 10 counts of crimes related to his alleged participation in a conspiracy to help China influence the United States. The 50-year-old Grammy Award-winning rapper was convicted of conspiring with a Malaysian financier, Jho Low—also known as Low…


FBI May Have Been Unaware of China’s Secret Police Stations: House Select Committee

The congressional committee tasked with overseeing the threat posed by China’s communist regime is demanding answers from the FBI, saying that the bureau may have been unaware of secret Chinese police stations on U.S. soil until public reporting broke the story. The House Select Committee on Strategic Competition with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) sent…


Research Raises Legal Concerns About Operations of Confucius Institutes in UK

The legality of Confucius Institutes in the UK was brought into question as research showed CI teachers were hired in a “highly discriminatory way” and are required to undermine free speech. The research, published on Tuesday by UK-China Transparency, a newly founded charity focusing on Sino-British ties, also said British Universities and the Home Office have been “systematically…


Ex-Harvard Professor Sentenced, Fined for Lying About China Ties

BOSTON—A prominent former Harvard University scientist convicted of concealing his ties to China’s state-run talent recruitment program was sentenced to two years of supervised release and ordered to pay over $83,000 in restitution and fines. Charles Lieber, who formerly chaired Harvard’s department of chemistry and chemical biology, was found guilty in December 2021 of six…


IN-DEPTH: Battle for the Heartland–How US Farmland is Quietly Falling Into Chinese Hands

The valleys give way to the prairies and the prairies give way to the badlands where fields of golden cinquefoils surrender to the might of towering plateaus of striated bedrock. The rugged openness of South Dakota presents the quintessential image of the American countryside, a pure distillation of the natural environment that captured the pioneers’…


Foreign Interference in Ridings: Former Tory Campaign Manager Provides Party’s List

The former national campaign manager for the Conservative Party in the 2021 election has named every riding where the political party believes there was outside interference. Fred DeLorey provided the information as he testified before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs (PROC) on April 25. DeLorey said there were “rumblings”…


Trudeau Was Briefed One-on-One on 2019 CSIS Election Warning: Senior Advisor

A senior advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told MPs that he was the one who briefed Trudeau during the 2019 election campaign after the spy agency reportedly warned the Liberal campaign about a candidate working in cahoots with the Chinese regime. Jeremy Broadhurst, who works in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), was asked about…