958: Canada is most vulnerable to PRC influence, espionage, sabotage. @CleoPaskal, @GordonGChang
Image: A replica of Goddess of Democracy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goddess_of_Democracy) outside of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Cleo Paskal, @CleoPaskal, non-resident senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, & the Guardian; and Gordon Chang, @GordonGChang,Daily Beast, in re: Vancouver. The Canadian government is using Chinese expats to cooperate with Chinese crime. The Canadian foreign policy establishment fears annoying Beijing. One: CCP activities in the Chinese community (note also the Sikh community in Canada, which organizes and funds Sikh activities); and . . . activists will fundraise, coerce, corral. Canada is one of he Five Eyes. With China [dug in to Canada], what does this bode for the rest of the alliance? Pierre Trudeau visited China in 19465, and again in 1960. He met Mao and Chou En-lai; recognized China in 1970 before the UN did. The US intell community has been tracking this for a long time, but it’s difficult to determine how [dangerous] it is. Political and commercial communities want easy ties so they can make money; intelligence and security communities are rightly worried. Given the evidence that China is a bad actor, does Justin Trudeau explain? Not really; he expresses admiration. The Canadian public. Watch the Canada-China Business Council, the Grand Central Station of the ties. Discussion of the two Michaels [kidnapped by the CCP]: a dead silence. Discussion of the two Michaels [kidnapped by the CCP]: a dead silence.