A growing number of Chinese laws that enable “exit bans” has heightened fears of a more hostile environment for foreign companies operating in China. Experts say that Beijing’s tactics go against its professed desire to bolster business confidence and foreign investment in the country and may trigger an accelerated exodus of foreign companies. The Chinese…

Commentary Changes to espionage laws and imposing bans on people leaving China pose increased risks for visitors, including professionals, business executives, and scholars. The Xinhua news agency reported that Chinese lawmakers voted a week ago to adopt a revised Counter-Espionage Law, which will take effect on July 1, 2023. The revised law was passed at…

With the release of Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor held hostage by communist China, an expert panel says Canada must now look at widening its strategic partnerships, particularly in the Indo-Pacific region, to deal with what it calls Beijing’s coercive diplomacy. The group of international affairs experts came together in an Oct. 6 webinar to discuss…

With the release of Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor held hostage by communist China, an expert panel says Canada must now look at widening its strategic partnerships, particularly in the Indo-Pacific region, to deal with what it calls Beijing’s coercive diplomacy. The group of international affairs experts came together in an Oct. 6 webinar to discuss…

Commentary In this episode of Kash’s Corner, “A Three Way Deal?–One Huawei CFO, Two Americans, and Two Canadians,” hosts Kash Patel and Jan Jekielek discuss the deferred prosecution agreement that was given to Huawei’s CFO by the Department of Justice, the events that followed, and the implications of those events. Huawei is a massive telecom…

House Armed Services Committee member Jim Banks (R-Ind.) has asked Attorney General Merrick Garland to explain the release of Huawei’s CFO Meng Wanzhou, in an open letter (pdf) released on Sept. 28. On Sept. 24, the Department of Justice (DOJ) allowed Meng to return to China after she was detained in Canada on behalf of…

House Armed Services Committee member Jim Banks (R-Ind.) has asked Attorney General Merrick Garland to explain the release of Huawei’s CFO Meng Wanzhou, in an open letter (pdf) released on Sept. 28. On Sept. 24, the Department of Justice (DOJ) allowed Meng to return to China after she was detained in Canada on behalf of…

Commentary On Aug. 10, Canadian Robert Schellenberg lost an appeal against a death sentence, pronounced in a northeastern Chinese court. In China, “justice” is normally swift in these matters. Except the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) guillotine will, at least for the moment, likely be stayed by the high-profile politics of the case, which are by…

On Feb. 15, foreign ministers from 58 countries agreed to join an initiative launched by Canada to stop arbitrary detentions. Although the declaration does not target any specific nations, China immediately slammed it as an insult, tantamount to an admission of guilt.