Defence Department Confirms Chinese Troops Were on Canadian Soil Observing Winter Training Exercises

Chinese soldiers attending a winter training session in Heihe, northeast China's Heilongjiang province on Jan. 28, 2015 STR/AFP via Getty Images

Chinese troops were in Canada to observe winter survival training exercises in February 2018, the Department of National Defence has confirmed, according to the Toronto Sun.

Internal government documents had previously shown that the department of defence cancelled winter survival trainings with China after the United States expressed security concerns and risk of undesired knowledge transfer to China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA).