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OCT/NOV 2020 Special RepORT theepochtimes.com To get our full 40-page details on B13. TRUTH and TRadITIOn weekly paper, see subscription GREG BAKER/AFP viA GEtty imAGEs Leaked Document: Calgary Mayor, Other Officials Target of Chinese Regime Influence Frank FanG & omid Ghoreishi THE EPOCH TIMES Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi, a number of Calgary city officials, several academics, and a former mayor of St. John’s are all on a list of targets that Chinese officials hope to influence to further the commu- nist regime’s interests. The list, disclosed in a leaked gov- ernment document recently obtained by The Epoch Times, reveals names spanning a wide range of sectors and countries in which the Chinese re- gime seeks to “cultivate talent.” The 2019 document was issued by the Foreign Affairs Office of the municipal government of Daqing, a city in northeastern China. Continued on B2 DAvE CHAN/AFP/GEtty imAGEs; tHE CANADiAN PREss/JUstiN tANG A paramilitary police officer stands guard in Tiananmen Square in a file photo. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Conservative Party Leader Erin O’Toole. Communist China’s Silent How Chinese Data Trove on 2 Million War Against the West People, Including Canadians, Serves For decades, the CCP has been using ‘unrestricted warfare’ to weaken Beijing’s ‘Unrestricted allied Western nations, including Canada, from within Warfare’ Bowen Xiao & omid Ghoreishi consequences, are far-reaching. limited to propaganda warfare, JusTina wheaLe THE EPOCH TIMES Skirting the traditional, direct culture warfare, memetic war- THE EPOCH TIMES military confrontation offensives fare, front operations, political News Analysis that have become somewhat out- [Beijing is] infiltration, technological and News Analysis tealthily and with sweeping pre- dated in modern times, this un- telecommunications warfare, le- A Chinese database containing the cision, the Chinese Communist conventional strategy has become using attacks gal warfare, economic espionage, personal information of millions of Party (CCP) has been waging a central to the communist regime’s below the education espionage, cyberwar- people around the globe—includ- decades-long war against the West approach to warfare. threshold fare, and sanctions warfare. The ing at least 5,000 Canadians, among S to achieve world domination by The strategy is highlighted in regime employs all of these to them Prime Minister Justin Trudeau utilizing a military strategy known the 1999 book “Unrestricted War- that would varying degrees simultaneously and Conservative Party Leader Erin as “unrestricted warfare.” fare,” authored by two Chinese air prompt a in multiple sectors of society in O’Toole—was recently leaked to Unbeknown to most of the popu- force colonels—Qiao Liang and war-fighting order to undermine or influence Western media, offering a glimpse lation, the CCP has infiltrated al- Wang Xiangsui—and published the targeted country. into the regime’s effort to harvest most every major avenue of life in by the People’s Liberation Army, response. In 2014, Chinese state-sponsored data on targeted foreigners. countries like the United States and the armed forces of the CCP. The hackers infiltrated the computer Canada—leaving virtually no in- book, which has been translated Nick Carter, networks of Canada’s National Re- Continued on B3 Britain’s chief dustry untouched. While this threat into English, is based on the origi- of the defence staff search Council. The attack cost Can- has largely existed undetected, the nal army documents. ada hundreds of millions of dollars. effect it has had on the targeted Beijing uses an array of sub- nations, as well as its geopolitical versive tactics, including but not Continued on B3 CHARlottE CUtHBERtsoN/tHE EPoCH timEs ‘Generational Threat’: The Ties Between Canada’s Elite US Taking Unprecedented and Powerful and Beijing Steps to Counter Yao LianG & TanYa du much further than Party leaders THE EPOCH TIMES might have hoped.” Communist China U.S. Attorney General William Barr. The Chinese regime has an Commentary ambition to become the world’s Infographic: Joan deLaneY In this new era of direct U.S. For decades, high-level Canadi- number one global power, THE EPOCH TIMES confrontation of the CCP, an leaders, well-connected elite, Hamilton and Ohlberg write. speeches by several top U.S. offi- and powerful corporations have Its implementation strategy, Beijing’S News Analysis cials, including Secretary of State pushed for closer ties between they say, is to “target elites in In its efforts to counter the threat Mike Pompeo, National Security Canada and China. the West so that they either Space of an increasingly belligerent Bei- Adviser Robert O’Brien, and At- According to the 2020 book welcome China’s dominance inFluence jing regime, the United States has torney General William Barr “Hidden Hand” by scholars Clive or accede to its inevitability, over international been pulling out all the stops. A strongly lashed out at Beijing Hamilton and Mareike Ohlberg, rendering resistance futile.” Force slew of extensive measures in re- and its increasingly aggressive the Chinese Communist Party’s Canada has been one of the cent months to oppose the Chi- and hostile actions toward the “wide-ranging campaign of countries Beijing has targeted organizations nese Communist Party’s growing United States and the world. subverting institutions in for elite capture for decades. hostility signify a sea change in Western countries and winning Page B4 Washington’s China policy. Continued on B8 over their elites has advanced Continued on B6 READ WHAT OTHERS WON’T REPORT North America’s Fastest-Growing Independent Newspaper, Delivering TRUTH and TRADITION TRUTH and TRADITION See subscription details on page B13. B2 | SPECIAL REPORT OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2020 ABoUt tHIS SPEcIAL REPoRt Introduction We hope you enjoy this Epoch Times special report, dana Cheng bringing you the facts behind communist China’s influence hen I was growing up in China a few de- to influence politicians and elites in every field. It has and infiltration within Canada cades ago, we were told the communists gradually shaped mainstream opinion in the West in and exposing the true nature of were going to liberate the whole world. favour of the Chinese communist regime. the Chinese Communist Party. In the 1950s, the Chinese Communist The CCP uses Confucius Institutes and Chinese student Our regular 40-page weekly Party (CCP) directed the entire country organizations to influence the academic system in other paper consists of four sections Wto make quality steel. China would catch up with the countries, while stealing innovation and research ideas featuring Canadian & World United Kingdom in 5 years and America in 10 years. In- in their initial stages. News, Opinion, Mind & Body, Culture & Tradition, Life & stead, this movement brought the Chinese economy to The way the CCP handled the coronavirus outbreak Leisure, along with two pages near collapse and, in the three years from 1959 to 1962, clearly showed its true nature. It covered up information of crosswords and other 40 million people died due to famine. about the virus from the Chinese people until more and puzzles. Yet the CCP has never given up on the idea of catching up more cases were found in nearby countries among trav- As an independent newspaper, and taking over (or “liberating,” as it would say) the world. ellers from China. It does not care about its own people. we endeavour to cover Under Deng Xiaoping, China began doing business with Why should it care about people in other countries? important news and topics in the rest of the world and the door to China was opened Oct. 13 marked the 50th anniversary of the start an unbiased manner, with no wide. The CCP has been systematically infiltrating other of Canada’s diplomatic relations with the CCP. hidden agenda or spin, because countries ever since, and it has used its propaganda media In this special edition, we present a few aspects of we believe that truth and to influence public opinion in the West. how the CCP has targeted Canada, especially its elites. tradition are key to a healthy The regime seeks to muddle the concepts of the CCP Perhaps more important than understanding these democracy. and China, so that any criticism of the Party is said to details is understanding the nature of the CCP itself be a criticism of China and the Chinese people. In this and its threat to the world. How tHIS SPEcIAL REPoRt IS FUndEd way, the CCP takes advantage of people’s generosity and We’re also including an excerpt of the new book “How kindness toward the Chinese people. The CCP is not a the Spectre of Communism Is Ruling Our World,” This special report is funded by political party or regime in the normal sense. It does not published by The Epoch Times to shed light subscriptions and donations. represent the Chinese people; it is a small group that on how China replaced the Soviet Union as By subscribing or making a seized power illegitimately and holds onto it by tyranny. the primary threat to the free world. The donation, you can help us The CCP has stolen military technology from other West got China wrong for many reasons. continue to deliver truthful countries to build its own military, with the clear goal This special report also covers recent reporting free from influence by of global domination. unprecedented efforts by Canada’s al- any government, corporation, It developed the Thousand Talents Plan and many lies to counter the CCP threat. or political party. other such programs to bring advanced technology Every donation, big or small, from overseas to China, and it has gradually lured Dana Cheng grew up in Wuhan, Hubei helps us immensely in manufacturers and high-tech companies from Province, China. She earned her doctorate continuing to deliver the high- other nations to China.

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