The Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Ottawa in a file photo. (The Canadian Press/Sean KilpatrickChina has organized more than 100 consular “pop-up” events in Canada since 2015, which are framed as providing consular services to the Chinese diaspora community, but serve to advance influence operations, surveillance, and cognitive warfare, a new report says.The Chinese embassy in Ottawa, in addition to the consulates in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, and Calgary, have organized at least 105 consular pop-ups across 11 provinces and 22 cities in Canada since 2015, says the report released Dec. 2 by the Jamestown Foundation.
Beijings Consular Pop-Ups in Canada Advance China Influence Operations: Report
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