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Several MPs say Canada’s authorities failed to warn them they were likely targets of China-affiliated hackers, despite the FBI having this information in 2021. As David Akin explains, those politicians say they only recently found about the targeted cyberattacks.

It’s food for thought in more ways than one in the new play ‘Woking Phoenix,’ which focuses on 20 years-worth of intergenerational drama at a Chinese restaurant in Ontario. Liem Vu reports.

The RCMP has charged two men of violating international sanctions by conspiring to sell Chinese drones and other military equipment to Libya. As Mike Armstrong explains, they are both former employees of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a United Nations (UN) agency based in Montreal.

A member of China’s cyber warfare department has been living in Winnipeg and now faces deportation, Global News has learned. As Jeff Semple reports, his case raises questions about Canada’s ability to screen foreign nationals who have served hostile governments.

Residents in Shanghai criticized the U.S. on Friday for targeting TikTok, after the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill this week that would give the short video app’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, about six months to divest the U.S. assets or face a ban.

Statistics Canada data shows a slow recovery for the country’s tourism sector in some areas. Amid ongoing tensions, trips from China are down a long way from what they used to be. Global’s Nathaniel Dove looks at what that means for the economy and whether the visits could resume.

Speaking in Washington, D.C., on Monday, Minister of Innovation François-Philippe Champagne said that Canada has been “blocking a number of potential takeover by Chinese companies of mining entities” in the country and that he thinks this has resonated “very well” with their American counterparts. “People understand that we need to protect our economic security. We...

The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Wednesday in support of proposed legislation to force ByteDance, a Chinese company that owns TikTok, to either sell the app within six months or be banned from operating it in the country.

A Montreal-area Chinese community centre has launched a defamation lawsuit against Brossard Mayor Doreen Assaad. As Phil Carpenter reports, Xixi Li, executive director of the Centre Sino-Québec de la Rive-Sud and also a Brossard city councillor, alleges that Assaad made “false and damaging” statements against her in the wake of an RCMP announcement in 2023...

GNM speaks with the Chinese Canadian Association of Kingston and District about the Year of the Dragon.

An Associated Press investigation has found that the Chinese government froze meaningful efforts to trace the origins of the coronavirus pandemic. That’s despite publicly declaring to the world that it supported an open scientific inquiry. Katherine Ward has this story and more in Health Matters for April 22, 2024.

A public inquiry looking into foreign interference in Canada has been heavily focused on the alleged work of Chinese agents in Canada. But a group of Sikh leaders is also pushing for more attention on another perceived threat — India. Global’s chief political correspondent David Akin reports.

U.S. President Joe Biden has signed a bill which could see TikTok banned by January if its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, does not sell the social media company within nine months. Mackenzie Gray explains why American lawmakers pushed for this crackdown, how Canada could respond, and why some of TikTok’s users are not ready to...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has given his highly anticipated testimony for the first time at the foreign interference inquiry. What Trudeau says he knew and when about allegations of Chinese meddling; what CSIS told him; and why he chose not to take action. The Bank of Canada is holding its key interest rate at five...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has given his highly anticipated testimony for the first time at the foreign interference inquiry. David Akin explains what Trudeau says he knew and when about allegations of Chinese meddling; what CSIS told him; and why he chose not to take action.

The head of Canada’s spy agency, Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), appeared for a second time at the inquiry into foreign interference. David Vigneault was not initially scheduled as the last witness, who was supposed to be Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. But the “top spy” was called back after the Prime Minister’s closest advisers said...

Sixteen moon bear cubs are recovering after being saved from a wildlife poacher in Laos, where the species is often farmed to extract their bile for traditional Chinese medicine. Neetu Garcha reports on the historic rescue mission, why the bears likely won’t ever return to the wild, and how the case highlights an inhumane practice...

The public inquiry into foreign interference has heard from independent MP Han Dong, who according to sources, is alleged to have benefited from China’s support. Global News first reported on those accusations in 2023. David Akin reports on what Dong said about Chinese students transported to his nomination meeting; how the commission focused on the...

The RCMP has charged two men of violating international sanctions by conspiring to sell Chinese drones and other military equipment to Libya. They are both former employees of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a United Nations (UN) agency based in Montreal. Nishan Duraiappah, the chief of Ontario’s Peel Regional Police, was photographed meeting with...

Editor’s note: There is a typo in the name ‘Chief Stan Bird.’ We regret the error. Israel’s army says it is now fully prepared to launch a ground operation into Rafah, the only city in the Gaza Strip that Israel has not yet raided. With ongoing famine and increasing heat, just trying to survive in...