The global battle to preserve the memory of Tiananmen Square.
China coal mine disaster: hollow regulations exposed
Decades of safety standards, repeated fines, and official oversight have failed to prevent routine illegal practices, concealed operations, and profit-driven disregard for human lives in China’s coal sector.
China’s coal surge as Iran war buffer comes at deadly cost
A catastrophic gas explosion in China’s top coal-producing province exposes the human toll of Beijing’s increased coal output during ongoing disruptions to oil and gas supply.
The CCP’s war on American AI
Foreign billionaires, fake activists, and the fight over American AI: Sam Lyman in conversation with Jordan Schachtel.
Carney’s China partnership risks reducing Canada to vassal state
Investigative journalist Sam Cooper deciphers Mark Carney’s Canada-China Business Council speech in Beijing—revealing the true meaning behind the rhetoric and the threats posed by closer alignment to China.
Beijing exports authoritarian censorship to Africa
Beijing’s pressure on Zambia to cancel RightsCon—the world’s largest digital rights conference—over the presence of Taiwanese participants is textbook authoritarian export of censorship.
Beijing’s tightening grip deepens Hong Kong’s loneliness crisis
For hundreds of thousands of Hong Kongers, the price of Beijing’s greater control has been measured not only in lost freedoms but in a profound, everyday loneliness.
“Strategic partnership” transactional and reversible
China’s ambassador to Canada makes what was always implicit in Beijing’s worldview explicit: Carney’s China deal is reversible the moment Canada acts like a sovereign middle power on Taiwan.
CSIS warns of active Chinese spy rings and evolving espionage in Canada
China remains Canada’s leading threat for espionage and foreign interference, CSIS report warns.
Toronto police disrupt first-known Canadian SMS blaster cybercrime ring
“Project Lighthouse” uncovers the first documented use in Canada of sinister “SMS blasters” — portable devices that can unleash a wave of mass phishing attacks, threatening the very fabric of public safety.
China-Canada food safety pact could be a killer of a deal
China’s regulations look good on paper but the absence of an independent judiciary means the rules are sometimes applied inconsistently.
Gen Z revives Mao-era film as anti-privilege manifesto
A film intended to explore the trauma of the Cultural Revolution sparked millions of views and nostalgic Maoist slogans before censors stepped in.
Innovation under ideological control
Can an advanced technology that thrives on open debate and interdisciplinary collaboration rise to its highest potential within an authoritarian structure?
Xinjiang’s repression of Uyghurs has evolved, not ended
A rare insider testimony reveals how China tries to hide state violence in Xinjiang.
Kovrig warns Canada risks ‘deep entanglement’ with Beijing
By opening its market to Chinese EVs, Canada’s tilt towards China could erode the country’s sovereignty: Michael Kovrig.


