The federal public inquiry investigating foreign interference in Canadian elections has extended invitations to individuals and groups to apply for standing before the commission. It also announced that one of the lawyers who led the Emergencies Act inquiry will be lead counsel for the probe. The Public Inquiry Commission into Foreign Interference on Nov. 10 posted information on its newly launched website for those who want to participate in the hearings. There is also an application for those seeking standing and funding. Prospective participants must email their applications to the commission by Nov. 22. Commission Head Marie-Josée Hogue, a judge from Quebec’s Court of Appeal, said those seeking “standing must demonstrate a direct and substantial interest in the subject matter of the inquiry in their application.”...Read more https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/public-inquiry-on-foreign-interference-opens-application-for-stakeholders-participation-5527138
A seed producer has paid a $280,000 fine to the state of Arkansas for failing to report that the Chinese regime owns a stake in the company, Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin said on Thursday. Syngenta Seeds LLC, a Switzerland-headquartered producer of genetically modified crop seeds, owns about 160 acres of farmland in Arkansas’ Craighead County through a subsidiary, Northrup King Seed Co., according to the attorney general’s office. In 2015, agrochemical giant Monsanto made a bid to purchase Syngenta, but that bid fell through. The company was then approached by state-owned China National Chemical Corporation, also known as ChemChina, and a purchase was finalized in 2017. Five years later, the U.S. Department of Defense added ChemChina to its list of “Chinese military companies” operating in the United States.... 
The Department of Justice has arrested and charged a Florida man with attempting to bomb the Chinese Embassy in Washington in September. The DOJ accuses Christopher Rodriguez, a licensed Florida Attorney, of traveling up to Washington and placing a bag full of explosives against the back wall and outer fence of the Chinese Embassy at some point before 3 a.m. on Sept. 25. The suspected bomb consisted of about 15 pounds of binary explosives, which can be set off by shooting at them with a firearm. Authorities believe Mr. Rodriguez placed the backpack about 12 feet from the outer wall of the embassy and that he attempted to set off the explosive device with a few gunshots....
Republicans in Congress urged President Joe Biden to reverse his approach toward China, demanding that Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping “demonstrate [his] seriousness” in improving ties with the United States before they two leaders meet next week. A group of 13 Republicans on the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, led by chairman Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.), penned a letter to President Biden, expressing their concerns over the administration’s continuing efforts to engage with the Chinese regime. The letter made public on Nov. 9 came shortly before the official announcements from the White House and China’s foreign ministry confirming that the two country’s top leaders will meet in the San Francisco Bay area next week....