Chinese Regime Targets Calgary Mayor, Other Officials for Influence Purposes: Leaked Document

Expansive influence efforts include sister-city networks not covered by foreign diplomacy regulations

An officer watches an oil transporting train at a railway crossing in Daqing, China, on May 2016. Nicolas Asfouri AFP via Getty Images

Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi, a number of Calgary city officials, several academics, and a now-former mayor of St. John’s are all on a list of targets that Chinese officials hope to influence to further the communist regime’s interests.

The list, disclosed in a leaked government document recently obtained by The Epoch Times, reveals names spanning a wide range of sectors and countries in which the Chinese regime seeks to “cultivate talent.”