Canada weighs options against China's alleged interference and intimidation.
TL;DR
Canada is considering expelling Chinese diplomats after an intelligence agency report revealed that one of them plotted to intimidate the Hong Kong relatives of a Canadian lawmaker who criticized Beijing's human rights record. The report indicates that opposition Conservative lawmaker Michael Chong and his Hong Kong relatives were targeted. Canada's spy agency has not released details publicly. Chong has said the report identifies a Toronto-based diplomat as being part of the plot. China denies the accusations.
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- Letters to the editor: 'If Michael Chong and his family were being intimidated by agents of China, wouldn't he have been the first to know?' Foreign interference, plus other letters to the editor for May 5 The Globe and Mail
- Canada says 'all options on table' over claims China tried to interfere in election, harass lawmaker CNN
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