The Communist Party in the era of Xi Jinping has increasingly sought to extend its political coercion far beyond China’s shores. The latest example comes from Canada, which on Monday expelled a Chinese diplomat allegedly involved in a scheme to target a lawmaker and his family.
Reporters from Canada’s Globe and Mail broke the story when they obtained a nine-page, top-secret report from Canadian intelligence dated July 2021. The paper reported on May 1 that China had sought to use “incentives and punishment” to influence lawmakers, business executives and Chinese communities in Canada. One target was Michael Chong, a Conservative Member of Parliament who in 2021 sponsored a resolution declaring that China’s treatment of Uyghurs amounts to genocide.
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