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Chinese Interference Must Force a Reckoning in Canada

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Chinese Interference Must Force a Reckoning in Canada
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during a welcoming ceremony inside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Dec. 4, 2017. Lintao Zhang/Getty Images
Peter Dahlin
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New revelations by Canadian media on leaks from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) are quickly pushing Canada beyond a point of no return. A reckoning of how Chinese influence operations and long-arm policing actually work is needed, or there is no point in even trying to resist.

Peter Dahlin
Peter Dahlin
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Peter Dahlin is the founder of the NGO Safeguard Defenders and the co-founder of the Beijing-based Chinese NGO China Action (2007–2016). He is the author of “Trial By Media,” and contributor to “The People’s Republic of the Disappeared.” He lived in Beijing from 2007, until detained and placed in a secret jail in 2016, subsequently deported and banned. Prior to living in China, he worked for the Swedish government with gender equality issues, and now lives in Madrid, Spain.
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