LAS VEGAS — In May 2013, an undercover FBI employee sat down in Las Vegas with a Chinese student who had already built an unusual network stretching from Chinese government circles into the political establishment of Northern California.
To Christine Fang, the encounter appeared to offer a business relationship.
CALGARY — A federal delegation visiting China encouraged electric vehicle giant BYD to generate more demand for its cars in Canada and consider establishing production operations here, according to a newly released report to Parliament.
The visit came as Canadian automakers warned that Ottawa’s guaranteed five-year quota allowing 278,989 Chinese electric vehicles into the country could threaten domestic manufacturing jobs, according to Blacklock’s Reporter.
Earlier last month, Belgian authorities arrested Biwei Zhang, a Canadian intern of Chinese origin working at NATO’s military headquarters in Mons, Belgium, on suspicion of espionage. Prosecutors say she is suspected of spying on behalf of a third country—identified by Reuters as China—and of belonging to a criminal organization. Before her posting to NATO, Zhang had worked across the Canadian federal government, including stints at the National Research Council, Statistics Canada, Employment and Social Development Canada, and the Canadian Space Agency. She even cleared a CSIS and RCMP background check, despite a 2023 finding that she had committed fraud.
“China Is Now the World’s Great Oil Power,” The Economist declared on August 9.
So, what is the significance of this pronouncement? The world’s oil power is also the world’s energy power. The world’s energy power, in turn, is a leading contender for the world’s dominant power. “Energy is the foundational brick of the global economy,” Jonathan Bass, the CEO of Argent LNG, told Gatestone.
China, the world’s largest importer of crude oil, exerts great leverage over markets, but The Economist is nonetheless wrong.
China’s auto factories are building so many cars for export that the global shipping industry can’t keep up.
Specialized car carriers, essentially floating parking garages, are booked out years ahead to export cars from Chinese factories. Rates to charter ships are up 65% this year on the surging demand to move vehicles out of China.
Chinese carmakers are flooding foreign markets because of fierce competition between more than 100 domestic auto brands, overproduction and a sluggish economy. Now, the shipping industry is navigating skyrocketing rates and scarce capacity.
China is suspected of funding pro-Palestine marches in the UK, The Telegraph can disclose.
US politicians investigating alleged secret Chinese backing of Code Pink, a far-Left feminist protest group established in the US, are examining its activities in Britain as part of an inquiry into foreign interference.
Code Pink has organised protests in the UK against Britain’s involvement in “the genocide in Gaza”, encouraged its activists to demonstrate outside RAF bases, and issued statements claiming that Britain’s leaders have been “bought by Zionism”.
Canada isn’t mentioned as it’s assumed the LPC is a ChiCom subsidiary.
The White House said in a report on Thursday that more than 40 countries had helped China sidestep US tariffs by routing exports through nations that face lower American import duties.
The countries named include Canada, India, Mexico, Japan and South Korea, which the White House said had helped China evade tens of billions of dollars in tariffs, which are levied on companies importing goods.
White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said it had cost “American jobs and billions in revenue”.
Given Carney’s love of China it’s no surprise.
Conservative and Bloc MPs have called for an emergency meeting of the House of Commons public safety committee to probe espionage allegations against a Canadian former intern arrested by Belgian authorities on suspicion of espionage.
“These allegations are deeply concerning and raise serious questions about Canada’s national security screening processes,” Conservative MP Frank Caputo said in a statement on Thursday.
“Parliament must determine whether there were gaps in Canada’s security screening system and whether those gaps could have exposed sensitive information or put the security of Canada and our allies at risk.”
CALGARY — One Liberal MP, Shaun Chen has some questionable travel expenses that show him traveling from Toronto to Ottawa on the same date TikTok clips show him in China.
Chen, the current MP for Scarborough North, announced he would be retiring from his role on Monday, though this will not take effect until Saturday.
Recently the Food Professor, or Sylvain Charlebois, has pointed out the lack of innovation in the Canadian dairy industry — which he says has partly been caused by the lack of Canadian sovereignty in the industry, with many of its processors having become internationally owned.
OTTAWA – I joined Brian Lilley for a wide-ranging conversation that started with the machinery of Beijing’s foreign influence in Canada and Conservative leadership politics, then moved into MP Larry Brock’s departure and Brian’s explosive scoop: Brock disclosed to his party leaders that Mark Carney’s party had dangled a judicial appointment before him amid Carney’s floor-crossing campaign.
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Massive scandal brewing here… Liberal MP Shaun Chen is resigning because he’s unable to travel from Scarborough to Ottawa to represent his constituents. Yet, he visited China twice this year and was rubbing elbows with CCP propagandists…but wait, there’s more. Allegedly, he… https://t.co/Zb19mI2gBh
— Nita Kang (@NitaKang) August 11, 2026
h/t Hermes
After a Canadian national working as a NATO intern in Belgium was arrested on suspicion of espionage, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canadian officials have been involved from the start.
“Any time you have a situation, you should take stock and take lessons from this,” Carney said in response to questions from reporters on Aug. 5.
Former Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart says he believes interference by the Chinese regime is likely taking place ahead of the upcoming municipal elections.
Stewart, who led Vancouver from 2018 to 2022, says little has been done to prevent vulnerabilities that he says China exploited and which contributed to his 2022 re-election loss.
“I don’t think it’s resolved itself, and I’m sure there’s going to be interference in this election too, because nothing’s been done,” Stewart said in an Aug. 6 interview with political podcast host Aaron Pete.
Royal Navy spy drones used by Britain’s elite special forces secretly sent data to China, The Telegraph can reveal.
The cameras on the K3 Scout surveillance drones had components made in China which were secretly transmitting information to a device in the country.
The Royal Marines have been using the £12m fleet since March and the Ministry of Defence (MoD) was forced to remove all internet connectivity from the cameras after discovering the breach.
Imagine what one of Carney’s ChiCom EV’s can do.
Both Canada and the U.S. have been quietly shadowing two Chinese icebreaking research ships in Arctic waters off Alaska over the last couple of weeks.
The Xue Long (Snow Dragon) and Xue Long (Snow Dragon) 2 sailed north through the U.S. exclusive economic zone in the Bering Sea in July, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.
The appearance of Chinese research ships every summer in the Arctic Ocean over the last few years has been a subject of growing concern among security and defence officials.
