Strategic Narratives

Huawei on trial, #6

Snapshots from the U.S. criminal prosecution of China’s controversial telecommunications titan

Nov 10 • Jonathan S. Landreth

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Huawei on trial, #5

Snapshots from the U.S. criminal prosecution of China’s controversial telecommunications titan

Nov 3 • Jonathan S. Landreth

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October 2026

Torture tales from China’s black jails

A new book provides searing testimonials of how the Chinese Communist Party’s thought remoulding and coercive interrogations continue under the legal…

Oct 26 • Michael Kovrig

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Huawei on trial, #4

Snapshots from the U.S. criminal prosecution of China’s controversial telecommunications titan

Oct 23 • Jonathan S. Landreth

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Huawei on trial, #3

Snapshots from the U.S. criminal prosecution of China’s controversial telecommunications titan

Oct 16 • Jonathan S. Landreth

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Huawei on trial, #2

Snapshots from the U.S. criminal prosecution of China’s controversial telecommunications titan

Oct 13 • Jonathan S. Landreth

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Huawei on trial, #1

Snapshots from the U.S. criminal prosecution of China’s controversial telecommunications titan

Oct 9 • Jonathan S. Landreth

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September 2026

​​Five years of freedom, and the PRC is still taking hostages

As Trump hosts Xi, Huawei goes on trial, and Beijing keeps arbitrarily detaining other countries’ citizens, the geopolitical tensions of the…

Sep 27 • Michael Kovrig

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Strongmen at the Temple of Thymos

The status-driven fragility of a world dominated by Xi Jinping and Donald Trump

Sep 23 • Michael Kovrig

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Why Chinese state financiers have come to Canada’s investment summit

China Investment Corp, China International Capital Corp and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority are in Toronto to look for passive stakes, but political…

Sep 14 • Michael Kovrig and Patricia Xavier

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Trump and Xi: from summit to summit or peak to trough?

Reading the tea leaves of the May US-China state visit to prepare for the reciprocal meeting on September 24

Sep 1 • Michael Kovrig

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August 2026

The True Cost of Decoupling from China

Breaking with Beijing is more affordable than you think.

Published on Commonplace • Aug 7