Founder/CEO/writer/analyst/advocate/ex-diplomat | Senior Adviser, ICG | China/Indo-Pacific/geopolitics/geoeconomics | Don't start none, won't be none 己所不欲,勿施於人

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China's secret police have detained you. You are hooded or blindfolded, handcuffed, abducted to a secret location, locked in a padded cell, and threatened with severe punishment for "harming China". My cover story in @thewirechina: thewirechina.com/2026/10/25/… 1/7
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This week's cover story by @MichaelKovrig is free to read: thewirechina.com/
China's secret police have detained you. You are hooded or blindfolded, handcuffed, abducted to a secret location, locked in a padded cell, and threatened with severe punishment for "harming China". My cover story in @thewirechina: thewirechina.com/2026/10/25/… 1/7
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China's secret police have detained you. You are hooded or blindfolded, handcuffed, abducted to a secret location, locked in a padded cell, and threatened with severe punishment for "harming China". My cover story in @thewirechina: thewirechina.com/2026/10/25/… 1/7
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Support them and help advocate for current wrongful detainees including American scholars Youlin Chen and Min Zin, and Czech national Aleš K. 6/7
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Buy the book here: amazon.com/dp/B0HFFK9CN2 7/7
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Chief Allan Adam’s contribution to Reclaiming Canadian Sovereignty in a Ruptured World, edited by @BobRae48, explains why Alberta separatism cannot be considered without Treaty 8, the 1899 agreement protecting First Nations' rights across their traditional lands. 1/5
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Bob will be in Ottawa for the Holtom Lecture on November 3, then in Kingston on November 19 to speak at Queen’s University and the Kingston WritersFest. 4/5
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More Canadian citizens were reported arrested or imprisoned abroad last year than at any other point in the past decade, according to @IJFMedia. Global Affairs Canada says it knows of 2,047 cases in 2025. theijf.org/brief/number-of-c…
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Iranian money. Dubai middlemen. Chinese state-owned companies. New York banks. 1/4
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Three Iranian witnesses feared retaliation. Prosecutors warned Beijing might retaliate, too. 3/4
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