A seismic data leak has identified Geedge Networks—founded by China’s “Great Firewall architect” Fang Binxing—and its role in exporting China’s authoritarian controls via ISP partnerships.
From Olympian to narco kingpin
How Canada’s weak laws and fragmented underworld enabled a global drug empire.
China’s increasing grip on Canadian institutions
CCP media control and election interference drive Canada’s largest global surge in dependence on Beijing, a new study shows.
Mapping China’s North American fentanyl commanders
Sinologist Chris Meyer and journalist Sam Cooper reveal CCP-aligned Chinese criminal networks as architects of global fentanyl trafficking, reshaping cartel operations under Xi Jinping’s regime.
Overbuilt? Assessing the diminishing returns to building in China
China’s decades-long construction boom has led to severe overbuilding—particularly in lower-tier cities—resulting in a property sector crisis with far-reaching consequences.
China’s data centres: watts behind the bytes
China’s AI-driven data center boom, powered by coal and prioritized over climate goals, epitomizes the energy paradox of generative AI.
Quebec engineering body finds former SNC-Lavalin CEO guilty on multiple counts of misconduct
The damning verdict marks a formal rebuke of systemic corruption under ex-CEO Jacques Lamarre’s watch.
Deep throat for the deep state
Michael Abramowitz’s legal challenge to his removal as Voice of America director highlights a power struggle over the agency’s shift from global journalism to advancing Biden-era domestic agendas.
From wheat to leverage
How the CCP exploits Canada’s regional fault lines.
Diaspora coalition demands sanctions against Hong Kong security chiefs
A coalition of Hong Kong pro-democracy and diaspora groups have called on Canada’s foreign minister to take a stand against transnational repression, triggered by illegal bounties targeting Canadians.
Beijing officials blame emergency planning failures on climate change
Authorities cower behind the scapegoat of “climate” in the wake of devastating floods that left elderly to perish.
Defiant Jiangyou protesters’ support of a bullied teen violently opposed by police
Protests erupted in Sichuan’s Jiangyou City over authorities’ mishandling of the brutal bullying of a 14-year-old girl, sparking violent police crackdowns and renewed scrutiny of systemic failures in addressing juvenile violence.
Behind the push to deepen Canada–China ties amid U.S. trade tensions
Canada’s push to deepen economic ties with China jeopardizes national security, democratic values, and crucial alliances warn critics; they urge prioritizing repairing U.S. relations instead.
Yang Xiaokai’s “Captive Spirits”
A clandestine network of Mao-era dissidents, “numerous as ox hairs,” shatter myths of Communist ideological unity while anchoring modern China’s freedom struggles in this unbroken lineage of defiance.
The dam at the roof of the world
China’s Yarlung Tsangpo project will be the largest hydroelectric project on Earth. What does that mean for India, and the Brahmaputra?
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