Thank you.
This is something I have worried about daily for entire five years I have been doing this. Like Mr. Law, I don't travel to many places that I wish I could travel to but where China has influence. I have been subjected to many intimidation attempts here in the U.K., where I am based, but also in Sweden and Germany and other places. Mostly this has been in the form of intrusive [Technical difficulty-Editor] photography, but it's also happened through an attempted break-in. Early last year I was involved in an influence operation, in which I suspect Chinese agents were involved. The Swedish ambassador to Beijing at the time invited me to a meeting in Stockholm with two Chinese businessmen. I was in a hotel lounge for 72 hours and was made to feel that I couldn't leave and that I had to be quiet about my father's case or I would never get to see him again. That was what they said.
Of course, it's very hard in these circumstances to know how you can protect yourself. It's never a straightforward thing, unfortunately. I have to make sure I minimize the information I give out when I communicate. Even using encrypted apps I don't tell people about my whereabouts. I worry about communicating with friends who may have Huawei phones or routers. That's maybe the most concrete and short-term recommendation that I can make to that end. Other than studying and following Chinese influence and intimidation in Canada, I would also recommend that Canada try to limit the expansion of Chinese technology to help protect people in my situation.