President Xi is determined to shape a society that is both loyal to the Party and prepared to defend its interests.
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China’s secret spy
For the first time ever, an undercover agent for China’s secret police describes his life as an intelligence operative targeting Chinese dissidents in countries around the world.
Natural gas billing spikes fuel consumer backlash, investigations in Sichuan and beyond
China’s “smart meters” aren’t so smart as consumer complaints spike against local state-owned energy monopolies dubbed “natural gas assassins.”
“Weak spot” (软肋, ruǎn lèi)
When bundles of joy become hostages in social control. Netizens contemplate the reproductive risk of “weak spot” children being leveraged against them by the state.
Beijing backed Trudeau while “calibrating” support for 2019 Election to influence Meng case: CSIS documents
Bombshell “Canadian Eyes Only” intelligence reveals allegations never reported in Canadian media and singularly points to Justin Trudeau as clandestinely supported by Beijing.
Toxic: How the search for the origins of COVID-19 turned politically poisonous
A look at the first publicly known search for the virus to the current moment where that search for the source has gone cold.
China relied on extrajudicial means to force thousands of fugitives to repatriate, human rights activists say
A new report reveals how the Chinese government has used harassment, “persuasion” and kidnappings to bypass international law as part of the notorious Fox Hunt operation.
Threats, fear and surveillance: how Beijing targets students in the UK who criticise regime
Chinese students tell the Guardian they are scared to return home and worry for their families after being followed and harassed.
Why Communist China is determined to weaponize Ebola
India would be the country most at risk of a major Ebola bioweapons attack.
The Bureau: How high does the Winnipeg-Wuhan lab story go in Canada, and does it connect to PRC election interference?
At the heart of the debacle is the issue of accountability. What role has our country played in building China’s dangerous biological capacity to potentially hold the world hostage?
China is selectively bending history to suit its territorial ambitions
Beijing’s unwillingness to let go of certain claims suggests there’s more at stake than reversing past losses.
Pakistan: suicide bombing claims five Chinese nationals working on CPEC project
Another deadly attack heightens concerns for Chinese nationals working on projects in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.
Winnipeg lab document
The declassified intelligence document compiled by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and what it revealed about Canada’s so-called most secure microbiology lab.
Hong Kong’s freedoms: what China promised and how it’s cracking down
“Beijing’s ideal scenario is to keep Hong Kong as a financial center without all the freedom.” But freedom, it seems, has been a key driver of Hong Kong’s success.
A dissident in Europe is enraging Beijing. Now Chinese police are coming for his social media followers
Followers of an X account that circulates news censored in China find themselves in hot tea for ‘thought crime’.


