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"There is a lack of understanding in Canada of Taiwan as a democracy, and there’s even more lack of knowledge of what China is about,” Tseng said. “This is going to backfire on you. If you are hoping to cooperate with China, just how many lessons do you need to see?” CLICK HERE for the full story

Taiwan’s Foreign Affairs Minister Jaushieh Joseph Wu confirmed on Wednesday that his government has engaged with Canada’s government on Chinese interference threats, offering Taiwan’s hard-earned expertise from withstanding decades of Chinese subversion campaigns.    In addition to discussing Taiwan’s ongoing assistance to Canada and other nations that face similar Chinese interference operations, Wu’s press conference with international journalists covered issues ranging from China’s infiltration of organizations including the United Nations and World Health Organization, how industrialists in nations such as Germany could be pressuring their governments to maintain counter-productive trade relations with Beijing, and the risks of China and Russia collaborating in attacks on other nations ... CLICK HERE for the full story

“This is a very classic tactic of China’s election interference": Deputy Minister of Mainland Affairs Council   Beijing has interfered in Taiwan’s elections by using organized crime networks to influence votes for certain candidates and is likely using the same methods in Canada, a senior Taiwanese official said Tuesday.   Responding to questions from journalists in Taiwan, Jyh-horng Jan, deputy minister of the Mainland Affairs Council, said that Beijing uses “collaborators” including illegal gambling bosses and Taiwanese businessmen to interfere in Taiwan’s elections ... CLICK HERE for the full story

    This week’s Centre Ice Canadians update comes from the heart of democracy in East Asia. I am here at the invitation of Taiwan’s government, part of a delegation of Canadian politicians learning more about a country that, since being freed from 50 years of Japanese occupation in 1945, has resisted Communist China, overcome a military dictatorship, and gone on to build a vibrant, wealthy, and inclusive multi-party democracy.   It's a democracy under threat.   Taiwan is a hot place right now, literally, and politically. With the Humidex pushing 50 even locals are hunkered down, with air conditioners working overtime. And every day, along the 130-kilometre-wide Taiwan Strait which separates Communist China from free Taiwan, boats and aircraft from the Chinese armed forces push into Taiwanese territory.   Canada does not recognize Taiwan. We abandoned the country in exchange for an embassy in Beijing, way back in 1970. We are not alone: only a ...