Trudeau Liberals used crappy deal with Communist China Lab to justify even crappier Covid Vaxx deal

CanSino-McMaster deal may turn out to be ‘case study of what not to do in partnerships with China’: expert

The federal government has trumpeted previous vaccine partnerships with a China-based company as one of the reasons why Canada was pinning its hopes on a COVID-19 vaccine candidate from China early in the pandemic.

But The Fifth Estate has reviewed those partnerships and found that a collaboration with McMaster University in Hamilton stalled years ago and never resulted in an approved vaccine anywhere in the world.

… After the deal fell apart, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters that the reason Canada partnered with CanSino was because of the “well-established partnership” between scientists in Canada and China “that has been effective in the past.”

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Winter Olympics: Will the Beijing Games be ‘green and clean’?

China has promised to deliver a “green and clean” Winter Olympics, which gets under way on 4 February.

Organisers say they have prioritised protecting native species, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and cutting down on resources used.

But there’s been criticism that this will be the first Winter Olympics to rely entirely on artificial snow – and that some events will be held in the middle of a nature reserve.

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Canadian government report accuses Communist China of widespread campaign of espionage, manipulation

A government report on Chinese espionage activities in Canada accuses Beijing of engaging in a “systematic campaign of intelligence-gathering, persuasion, influence, and manipulation” against the Chinese community.

In the report obtained by Global News, Canadian officials alleged the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office was tasked with “influencing or manipulating” community members, and using “coercive tactics” against dissidents and minorities.

“This involves intimidation of OC (Overseas Chinese) at every level of society,” the report said.

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‘Stop nagging!’: Why China’s young adults are resisting marriage and babies

Early in January, China’s state news agency Xinhua posted a video reminding young Chinese men born in the year 2000 that they were eligible to get married. “Post 00s have reached legal marriage age,” it declared.

The hashtag swiftly popped up in the top-searched list of Weibo hot topics, but many read it as the government’s attempt to put pressure on them. “Who dares to get married these days? Don’t we need to make money?” one questioned. “Stop nagging me!” said another.

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How Big Tech elites are helping China achieve global supremacy

Blinded by their ambition, Silicon Valley elites are helping Communist China achieve their ultimate goal: “Technology supremacy” over the West.

“Science and technology is a national weapon,” President Xi Jinping has said. “We should seize the commanding heights of technological competition and future development.”

To accomplish this goal, Beijing has created “civilian-military fusion,” which means any technological advance in the civilian market must be applied directly to the military sphere. And they have effectively courted and seduced many powerful people in America’s tech industry to willingly, and sometimes enthusiastically, play along.

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‘My hell in Beijing’s “vaccine” sterilisation camp’: Uighur Muslim

One at a time, our warders led us into a makeshift infirmary where men in lab coats were waiting. There was no choice.

I was told by one of the superintendents: ‘You must be vaccinated. You’re 50 years old. Your immune system isn’t what it used to be. If you don’t do this, you might get the flu.’

Terrified of reprisals if I didn’t agree, I signed a document giving my permission. One of the men jabbed the vein in my arm. I was so stupid.

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New NATO Strategy Contends with ‘Rise of China’ for First Time

The next strategic guidance published by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will aim to contend with expanding Chinese influence abroad. It will be the first time that the alliance makes China a strategic priority. Experts say that firm, principled engagement will be necessary.

The 2022 Strategic Concept will only be the fourth unclassified strategy released by NATO. The last was released in 2010. It is set to be adopted in June of this year at the Madrid Summit.

Canada was left out of AUKUS, likely because under the Liberal Party we are considered a stooge of Communist China. NATO has members whose self-interest will trump treaty obligations, look no further than Germany and Canada declining to send arms to the Ukraine as precedence. Count on Germany and Canada to line up with NATO’s China appeasers.

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Who’s boycotting the Winter Olympics?

As the world gears up for the most political Olympic Games in a generation, the West has struggled to find a common position on the host nation.

The Games begin in Beijing on February 4, with China under fire over human rights abuse accusations, including the repression of the Uyghur Muslim minority in the Xinjiang region and the uncertain situation of tennis star Peng Shuai, who accused a former top Communist Party official of sexual assault.

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ChiCom Slave State hires western TikTokers to polish its image during 2022 Winter Olympics

An army of western social media influencers, each with hundreds of thousands of followers on TikTok, Instagram or Twitch, is set to spread positive stories about China throughout next month’s Winter Olympics.

Concerned about the international backlash against the Beijing Games amid a wave of diplomatic boycotts, the government has hired western PR professionals to spread an alternative narrative through social media.

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Canada still needs to engage with China despite its human rights record say two like totally unbiased, not in any way under the influence of Beijing “experts”

Canada must continue to engage with China despite its ongoing concerns about the country’s human rights record at home — and new evidence of its efforts to coerce dissidents living abroad to return.

That’s the message from two Canadians with extensive experience working inside China. They spoke to CBC’s The House in an interview airing Saturday about the challenge of balancing the need for security with economic interests when dealing with a superpower that doesn’t share Canada’s democratic values.

“I think that as Canadians, we need to fight for what we think is right, but also fight for our own position in things,” said Sarah Kutulakos, executive director of the Canada-China Business Council.


Canada China Business Council 

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The Russia-China Axis of Authoritarianism: Part I Testing Western Resolve in Ukraine and Taiwan

As Russia continues its troop build-up along the border with Ukraine, China has markedly increased its military activity near Taiwan. The twin geopolitical flashpoints, separated by 8,000 kilometers (5,000 miles), are raising concerns that Russia and China could coordinate or conduct concurrent military offensives that the United States and its allies may find difficult to stop.

A failure to deter Russia and China — deterrence, especially military pre-positioning near the area under threat, is the least costly way to avoid war — would deal a potentially crushing blow to the post-World War II liberal international order. That system, whose principles and norms — including adherence to the rule of law, respect for human rights and the promotion of liberal democracy, as well as preserving the sanctity of territorial sovereignty and existing boundaries — has regulated the conduct of international relations for nearly 80 years.

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China brings back anal swab testing for Covid two weeks before Winter Olympics begin

China has brought back anal swab testing to screen for Covid-19 in a bid to stop the spread of the Omicron variant, just two weeks before the Beijing Winter Olympics begin.

At least 27 people underwent the controversial anal swab tests at an apartment building in Beijing where a 26-year-old woman had contracted Omicron, the city’s first recorded case of the variant, according to Chinese newspaper The Beijing News.

The anal tests involve inserting a sterile cotton swab up to two inches (5cm) into the rectum and rotating it several times. The swab is then removed before being analysed in a lab.

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China’s impossible COVID statistics

As the latest wave of COVID cases surges in the West, all is quiet in the East. It has always been quiet. Millions have died from the coronavirus epidemic as it sweeps the world. However, few consider it strange that the nation where the virus first appeared amid an entirely unprotected public of 1.3 billion people should record a mere 4,636 fatalities over the past three years.

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