A Chinese-Canadian member of parliament at the centre of a foreign interference controversy has decided to drop out ahead of high-stakes national elections this month, after his former party chose not to nominate him. Han Dong, previously an MP for the governing Liberal Party, resigned from the party in 2023 after a news report alleged…
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government was “insufficiently transparent” about foreign interference in Canadian politics and sometimes took “too long to act’’ against attempts to meddle in the country’s past two general elections by foreign powers including China and India, a government commission said on Tuesday. “Trust in Canada’s democratic institutions has been shaken, and it…
A woman in southwestern China has won 10,000 yuan (US$1,400) from a competition for abstaining from mobile phone use for eight hours while exhibiting no signs of anxiety. The contest took place at a shopping centre in Chongqing municipality on November 29, as reported by Jimu News. Ten contestants, selected from 100 applicants, were invited…
A member of China’s highest military body is being slapped with a corruption investigation. Adm. Miao Hua is one of six members of an exclusive commission led by Xi that oversees China’s military. He’s the latest in a string of high-ranking defense officials to be purged from China’s military. A top-ranking admiral in China’s Central…