How the CCP exploits Canada’s regional fault lines.
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?
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.
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.
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.
China’s economic crisis is not simply cyclical or superficial
Recent developments suggest that President Xi Jinping’s political downfall may be imminent due to a “disastrous” one-man rule that has led to a structural economic crisis that threatens China’s stability.
Xi Jinping’s waning sun
Elite purges and unscripted policy reversals hint at instability behind the Party’s veiled decision-making.
New evidence indicates China’s Communist Party is reigning in strongman Xi
China’s “pilot at the helm” finds himself increasingly grounded by domestic problems and internal CCP power shifts.


