What was the point of this inquiry?
Xi’s Machiavellian rise and mounting challenges to Beijing’s rule of one
A look at the alliances and political warfare that propelled Xi Jinping from an unremarkable mid-level official in a backwater province to the supreme ruler of China.
Will Trump crack the mystery of Covid-19’s origin?
The incoming Trump administration may revive efforts to investigate China’s responsibility, with some of his cabinet picks challenging prevailing narratives about COVID-19.
Hydropower colossus generates grave concern
The prospect of a massive dam in Tibet raises the roof on anxiety for downstream neighbors.
China’s alternative to “Iron Silk Road” bypasses Russia
China’s ongoing interest in securing delivery routes is part of a long-term investment that serves a variety of end goals, including its dependence on fossil fuels.
World’s largest dam to be built by China raises concerns in India, Bangladesh
China’s decision to build the world’s largest hydropower dam in a seismically active region on a river that flows into India and Bangladesh sparks concerns in both countries.
How China is expanding global influence via debt trap diplomacy
China’s Belt and Road Initiative has resulted in several unsustainable debt-for-infrastructure deals in South Asia and Europe, which further Beijing’s geostrategic ambitions.
Tibet earthquake raises a big question mark on China’s Yarlung Tsangpo super dam project
Why construct the world’s biggest dam in a seismically vulnerable region that doesn’t even require the energy it will generate?
Disrupting harm from PRC proxies
A groundbreaking new report exposes the expanding reach of Beijing’s agents in their bid to influence and threaten, if need be, diaspora communities and their leaders.
Fleeing Xi’s ‘China Dream’
The great exodus of people and capital as China’s economic decline and squeezed politics push many to vote with their feet.
Will the Liberals call an early election to dodge Chinese meddling revelations?
If the Supreme Court says MPs can name the bad apples in Parliament, parties with implicated members will want to pre-empt that possibility.
Trump ally on Canada’s fentanyl talk: Not good enough
U.S. officials urge Canada to start tackling big, systemic problems with organized crime.
Lab leak ‘most likely’ origin of COVID-19
A two-year probe by U.S. lawmakers concludes that SARS-CoV-2 did not originate naturally, as many scientists think, but likely leaked from a lab in Wuhan, China.
CCP masking intelligence operations behind corporate entities: security expert
A Vancouver security summit is warned corporate entities and research programs are vulnerable to CCP intelligence operations.
Trump sanctions flag a harsh reality
The People’s Republic of China and its ties to Canada’s elite underwrite fentanyl vulnerability, says former Mountie.


