‘The Puppeteers’: Espionage Thriller About Beijing’s Transnational Repression in Canada Premieres This Week

‘The Puppeteers’: Espionage Thriller About Beijing’s Transnational Repression in Canada Premieres This Week
“The Puppeteers” is slated for global premiere livestream on April 25 on the Gan Jing World video platform. New Realm Studios
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A political thriller about an intelligence agent who uncovers a network of Chinese operatives in Canada whose aim is to silence dissidents and advance Beijing’s agenda premieres this week.
Set in Toronto, “The Puppeteers” tells the story of CSIS agent Stella Bolano who is assigned to investigate the suicide of a Chinese immigrant. As the investigation unfolds, she exposes a covert network of Chinese police stations in Toronto involved in monitoring dissidents, harassing activists, and infiltrating Canadian politics.