The top Chinese diplomat based in Montreal was a keynote speaker at a recent event in that city opposing the establishment of a foreign agent registration act. Senators Yuen Pau Woo and Victor Oh, who also oppose a registry, attended the event as well and voiced opposition to such legislation.  Dai Yuming, the Chinese consul general in…

On May 8, the Canadian government announced that Zhao Wei, a Chinese Consulate diplomat in Toronto, was declared a “persona non grata” and will be expelled. Zhao is accused of attempting to intimidate Michael Chong, an opposition Conservative Party member and Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs. In response to Canada’s action, the Chinese Communist Party…

Following a recent media article reporting that Zhao Wei, a Chinese consul in Toronto, was involved in threatening Conservative MP Michael Chong’s family members in Hong Kong, there have been calls to expel Zhao from Canada. Here is what we know about him. Zhao is a designated consular officer with the Chinese Consulate in Toronto,…

The Speaker of the B.C. Legislative Assembly said concerns about his office being influenced by foreign interests are “incorrect,” as the opposition calls for a probe into whether complaints from the Chinese Consulate about Tibetans visiting the legislature had prompted the speaker’s office to deny a visit by another group of Buddhist monks. On Feb….

MP Han Dong says he is planning to sue Global News over a recent report alleging that the former member of the Liberal caucus had told a Chinese diplomat to delay the release of two Canadian citizens imprisoned in China. “Yes, I am taking legal action against Global News and Corus Entertainment,” Dong wrote in…

MP Han Dong says he is planning to sue Global News over a recent report alleging that the former member of the Liberal caucus had told a Chinese diplomat to delay the release of two Canadian citizens imprisoned in China. “Yes, I am taking legal action against Global News and Corus Entertainment,” Dong wrote in…

MP Han Dong said March 22 he is resigning from the Liberal caucus after a news report alleged he had told a Chinese diplomat that Beijing should not release two Canadian citizens who had been arbitrarily detained in China, an allegation that Dong denies. “I’m taking this extraordinary step because to sit in the government caucus…

A senior diplomat from the Chinese consulate in Montreal reportedly urged attendees of an event in September 2017 to support a Brossard municipal candidate who is the director of two organizations now under RCMP investigation for being alleged Chinese police stations. On Sept. 8, 2017, the Chinese consulate in Montreal held an event at the Service…

A senior Chinese diplomat on Wednesday admitted that he had pulled the hair of a protester who was then beaten at the Consulate General in Manchester. Consul General Zheng Xiyuan told Sky News that it was his “duty” because the protester had insulted his country and his leader. He also claimed that a man had…

A senior Chinese diplomat on Wednesday admitted that he had pulled the hair of a protester who was then beaten at the Consulate General in Manchester. Consul General Zheng Xiyuan told Sky News that it was his “duty” because the protester had insulted his country and his leader. He also claimed that a man had…