Want to discuss? Please read our first.AdvertisementClose XAAEditor’s Note: This story was updated on Sept. 10 to include a statement clarifying the founding and ownership from Nuctech.Canada’s minister of has promised to review Ottawa’s purchasing of security equipment as details emerge of five contracts awarded to a controversial high-tech company that is connected to the highest levels of the Chinese Communist Party.This week Ottawa posted details of the latest winning bid for Beijing-based Nuctech, in a deal to install X-ray scanning equipment and software to provide security for 170...…Want to discuss? Please read our first.AdvertisementClose XAAEditor’s Note: This story was updated on Sept. 10 to include a statement clarifying the founding and ownership from Nuctech.Canada’s minister of has promised to review Ottawa’s purchasing of security equipment as details emerge of five contracts awarded to a controversial high-tech company that is connected to the highest levels of the Chinese Communist Party.This week Ottawa posted details of the latest winning bid for Beijing-based Nuctech, in a deal to install X-ray scanning equipment and software to provide security for 170...WW…

Want to discuss? Please read our first.AdvertisementClose XAAEDITOR’S NOTE: (March 12, 2020) This story has been updated to provide Falun Gong’s response to the statement from the Chinese Consul General.Story continues below advertisementStory continues below advertisementStory continues below advertisementMaking friends of ChinaStory continues below advertisement‘Magic Weapon’However, it isn’t known whether Li was connected to the United Front in 2007, at the time of the Beijing junket. Story continues below advertisementChina’s government says that the United Front supports the...…Want to discuss? Please read our first.AdvertisementClose XAAEDITOR’S NOTE: (March 12, 2020) This story has been updated to provide Falun Gong’s response to the statement from the Chinese Consul General.Story continues below advertisementStory continues below advertisementStory continues below advertisementMaking friends of ChinaStory continues below advertisement‘Magic Weapon’However, it isn’t known whether Li was connected to the United Front in 2007, at the time of the Beijing junket. Story continues below advertisementChina’s government says that the United Front supports the...WW…

Want to discuss? Please read our first.AdvertisementClose XAAStory continues below advertisementStory continues below advertisementStory continues below advertisementStory continues below advertisementStory continues below advertisementThe profile says Yu “, which offers generous packages to scientists who move to China.”Abandoned deal Story continues below advertisementThe failed deal means that Canadian citizens lost a chance to be first-in-line to receive a vaccine produced in Canada.Story continues below advertisementHowever, Yu was cited in a Chinese state-media report in November,...…Want to discuss? Please read our first.AdvertisementClose XAAStory continues below advertisementStory continues below advertisementStory continues below advertisementStory continues below advertisementStory continues below advertisementThe profile says Yu “, which offers generous packages to scientists who move to China.”Abandoned deal Story continues below advertisementThe failed deal means that Canadian citizens lost a chance to be first-in-line to receive a vaccine produced in Canada.Story continues below advertisementHowever, Yu was cited in a Chinese state-media report in November,...WW…

Want to discuss? Please read our first.AdvertisementClose XAAA Toronto currency exchange business helped Iran secretly wire millions of dollars into Canada in violation of sanctions, according to a classified intelligence report that calls the financial transfers a threat to national security.A Canadian Security Intelligence Service report obtained by Global News accuses Alireza Onghaei, the investor immigrant behind the company, of “assisting the government of Iran in the clandestine wiring of monies into Canada.”The money was routed through Dubai in order to “circumvent sanctions,” CSIS...…Want to discuss? Please read our first.AdvertisementClose XAAA Toronto currency exchange business helped Iran secretly wire millions of dollars into Canada in violation of sanctions, according to a classified intelligence report that calls the financial transfers a threat to national security.A Canadian Security Intelligence Service report obtained by Global News accuses Alireza Onghaei, the investor immigrant behind the company, of “assisting the government of Iran in the clandestine wiring of monies into Canada.”The money was routed through Dubai in order to “circumvent sanctions,” CSIS...WW…

Comments closed.Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.Please see our for more.AdvertisementClose XBackto topAABut Canadian intelligence sources suspect the organization is part of a network directed from Beijing to undertake both legal and illegal tasks abroad. Story continues below advertisementlaw enforcement sources, the business and political ties of some CACA leaders like Wei and Yongtao Chen are of increasing concern for Canada’s national security as RCMP and Canadian...…Comments closed.Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.Please see our for more.AdvertisementClose XBackto topAABut Canadian intelligence sources suspect the organization is part of a network directed from Beijing to undertake both legal and illegal tasks abroad. Story continues below advertisementlaw enforcement sources, the business and political ties of some CACA leaders like Wei and Yongtao Chen are of increasing concern for Canada’s national security as RCMP and Canadian...WW…

Comments closed.Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.Please see our for more.AdvertisementClose XAAIn 2010, a senior British Columbia official warned Rich Coleman, then-minister responsible for gaming, that casino investigators believed drug-traffickers were laundering a “horrendous” amount of $20 bills through B.C. Lottery Corp. facilities, a provincial inquiry has heard.But the then-BC Liberal government failed to act on repeated recommendations to crack down on high volumes...…Comments closed.Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.Please see our for more.AdvertisementClose XAAIn 2010, a senior British Columbia official warned Rich Coleman, then-minister responsible for gaming, that casino investigators believed drug-traffickers were laundering a “horrendous” amount of $20 bills through B.C. Lottery Corp. facilities, a provincial inquiry has heard.But the then-BC Liberal government failed to act on repeated recommendations to crack down on high volumes...WW…

Want to discuss? Please read our first.AdvertisementClose XAAStory continues below advertisementStory continues below advertisementAlready two of Canada’s major telecom companies have moved away from Huawei. This year Bell Canada and Telus announced 5G network deals with European suppliers Nokia and Ericsson. Bell has reportedly not ruled out 5G deals with Huawei, pending Ottawa’s decision.Story continues below advertisementIn response to questions for this story, Huawei spokesman Ben Howes referred to espionage allegations as “old speculation and unfounded assertions.” Story continues...…Want to discuss? Please read our first.AdvertisementClose XAAStory continues below advertisementStory continues below advertisementAlready two of Canada’s major telecom companies have moved away from Huawei. This year Bell Canada and Telus announced 5G network deals with European suppliers Nokia and Ericsson. Bell has reportedly not ruled out 5G deals with Huawei, pending Ottawa’s decision.Story continues below advertisementIn response to questions for this story, Huawei spokesman Ben Howes referred to espionage allegations as “old speculation and unfounded assertions.” Story continues...WW…

Comments closed.Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.Please see our for more.Editor’s Note: One of the graphics contained in this piece has been updated to more clearly represent the Chinese Communist Party’s broad surveillance and attempted control of parts of the Chinese diaspora.   Advertisement“One source told me in January it became well-known amongst military and emergency services that China was stockpiling masks and basically buying out as many quantities as it...…Comments closed.Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.Please see our for more.Editor’s Note: One of the graphics contained in this piece has been updated to more clearly represent the Chinese Communist Party’s broad surveillance and attempted control of parts of the Chinese diaspora.   Advertisement“One source told me in January it became well-known amongst military and emergency services that China was stockpiling masks and basically buying out as many quantities as it...WW…