Thank you for the question, and I would say that the threat has been amplified.
I refer to the strategies taken from a book published in China in 1999 whose English title is Unrestricted Warfare. That book emphasized how China should position itself, given that it was less well equipped, technologically and militarily, than the Americans or the influential western countries. It also suggested mounting an all-out attack, regardless of any regulations there might be, to get information and lay the groundwork everywhere in the world.
From 1999 to today, we can see the influence that China has had in Africa and South America. We necessarily see the ramifications here in Canada.