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?
Wang Weiluo on the July flood discharge from Beijing’s reservoirs
Politically driven overfilling, structural flaws, and emergency discharges at several of the city’s reservoirs point to systemic failures in prioritizing water storage capacity over flood safety, says expert.
17 major dams in Beijing release water simultaneously, causing river breaches and leaving hundreds missing
Beijing’s July floods expose systemic failures in flood management and infrastructure prioritization.
More overseas pro-democracy activists targeted by Hong Kong national security bounty
Hong Kong’s National Security Law targets 19 overseas activists—including Canadians tied to the “Hong Kong Parliament”—amid global backlash over transnational repression and legal risks to 15,000+ participants.
I’m an American citizen. Hong Kong put a bounty on my head.
A U.S. citizen branded a fugitive by Hong Kong authorities for advocating democracy, condemns Beijing’s weaponization of Hong Kong’s National Security Law to silence global dissent.
China’s $167-billion Tibetan dam alarms scientists, neighbors
China’s massive megadam project in Tibet has sparked fierce criticism for its precarious location in a seismically volatile, ecologically fragile region on the Tibetan Plateau.
Let’s not forge closer ties with China
A Globe and Mail commentary advocating Canada shift trade reliance from the U.S. to China faced scathing criticism for its flawed logic and dubious recommendation of a partner with a history of economic coercion.
The people’s billionaire
Researchers trace a CCP-linked tech mogul to U.S. pro-Hamas protests and a Vancouver-led terror network.
Why Canada’s failure to act on crime and espionage may be irreversible
A former RCMP officer warns that only urgent restructuring of Canada’s security framework can halt the country’s accelerating decay.
China’s new “world’s largest” hydropower project commences construction
As China’s Yarlung Zangbo megadam on the eastern rim of the Tibetan Plateau breaks ground, critics question Beijing’s dangerous penchant for megadams for their own sake.
China and India are racing to build giant dams on either side of their disputed Himalayan border
China and India’s rival Himalayan megadams escalate geopolitical tensions, environmental risks, and displacement threats.
BC MLA asks for BC Ferries’ deal to be axed
B.C. Conservative MLA, Harman Bhangu, argues against the hiring of a state-owned Chinese shipyard due to security concerns and lost job opportunities.
Big Brother gets new powers in China with digital ID system
China’s new centralized digital ID system could become de facto compulsory, deepening the CCP’s ability to reshape public thought by controlling information flows.


