<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;OTTAWA&lt;/strong&gt; — Rushan Abbas, co-founder and executive director of the Campaign for Uyghurs and author of the memoir &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://optimumpublishinginternational.com/books/p/unbroken-one-uyghurs-fight-for-freedom"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Unbroken&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://optimumpublishinginternational.com/books/p/unbroken-one-uyghurs-fight-for-freedom"&gt;, &lt;/a&gt;joined &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://buymeacoffee.com/thebureau"&gt;The Bureau Podcast &lt;/a&gt;from Istanbul, in the middle of a tour that has carried her from the Oslo Freedom Forum to the halls of the U.S. Congress — where, she says, countering Beijing is now one of the only things uniting Republicans and Democrats.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In this conversation, Abbas delivers a direct warning to Prime Minister Mark Carney: that Canada is on what she calls a “suicide mission,” repeating a mistake Washington took decades to correct. She argues that Beijing is the hidden hand behind a long roster of the world’s crises — Russia’s war in Ukraine, Iran’s proxies, North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela — and that its real target is the Western democratic order itself.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;She explains why she recognized that strategy at once: because she was raised inside it, taught as a child that this would be China’s “century of retaliation” against the West. She recounts why a sitting Liberal member of Parliament sounded, to her ear, exactly like a Chinese official. And she predicts that the scale of foreign infiltration inside Western governments — Canada’s included — is about to be exposed.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It’s a hard-hitting and deeply personal conversation about genocide, transnational repression, the price of speaking out, and her determination to “fight harder” against an amoral regime.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Bureau is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit &lt;a href="https://www.thebureau.news/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&amp;#38;utm_campaign=CTA_2"&gt;www.thebureau.news/subscribe&lt;/a&gt;</description>

The Bureau Podcast

Sam Cooper

“I Wonder How Many People Mark Carney Has Around Him That’s Actually Working for China": Rushan Abbas, author of Unbroken.

JUN 10, 202641 MIN
The Bureau Podcast

“I Wonder How Many People Mark Carney Has Around Him That’s Actually Working for China": Rushan Abbas, author of Unbroken.

JUN 10, 202641 MIN

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<p><strong>OTTAWA</strong> — Rushan Abbas, co-founder and executive director of the Campaign for Uyghurs and author of the memoir <a target="_blank" href="https://optimumpublishinginternational.com/books/p/unbroken-one-uyghurs-fight-for-freedom"><em>Unbroken</em></a><a target="_blank" href="https://optimumpublishinginternational.com/books/p/unbroken-one-uyghurs-fight-for-freedom">, </a>joined <a target="_blank" href="https://buymeacoffee.com/thebureau">The Bureau Podcast </a>from Istanbul, in the middle of a tour that has carried her from the Oslo Freedom Forum to the halls of the U.S. Congress — where, she says, countering Beijing is now one of the only things uniting Republicans and Democrats.</p><p>In this conversation, Abbas delivers a direct warning to Prime Minister Mark Carney: that Canada is on what she calls a “suicide mission,” repeating a mistake Washington took decades to correct. She argues that Beijing is the hidden hand behind a long roster of the world’s crises — Russia’s war in Ukraine, Iran’s proxies, North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela — and that its real target is the Western democratic order itself.</p><p>She explains why she recognized that strategy at once: because she was raised inside it, taught as a child that this would be China’s “century of retaliation” against the West. She recounts why a sitting Liberal member of Parliament sounded, to her ear, exactly like a Chinese official. And she predicts that the scale of foreign infiltration inside Western governments — Canada’s included — is about to be exposed.</p><p>It’s a hard-hitting and deeply personal conversation about genocide, transnational repression, the price of speaking out, and her determination to “fight harder” against an amoral regime.</p><p><p>The Bureau is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></p><p></p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://www.thebureau.news/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_2">www.thebureau.news/subscribe</a>