China weaponizes death penalty as relations with Canada continue to deteriorate
A particularly disturbing aspect of these latest killings is the spectre of why they were ordered. Executing four Canadians, while other foreign nationals in Chinese judicial limbo avoid the death penalty, sends a horrifying signal that appears linked to Canada’s compliance with Donald Trump’s demands to bar Chinese EVs from North America.
This, compounded by the Trump administration’s own economic aggression, puts immense pressure on Ottawa to find a resolution with China on the EVs in order to save the livelihoods of Canadian farmers and fishers.
But besides the economic casualties caused by dumping underpriced cars into Canada, the technology-laced Chinese EVs are also security threats, rolling spy stations whose sensors constantly collect information about their drivers and critical infrastructure everywhere the car goes. (In China, Teslas are banned from sensitive areas for exactly this reason.)
In a case of extreme diplomatic tensions, Beijing could order manufacturers to use software updates that disable thousands of EVs across Canada. So, from China’s geostrategic standpoint, the 100-per-cent tariff on EVs is about much more than losing a car sales market in Canada.
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