Morning Update: Winnipeg scientists fired for providing confidential information to China

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Good morning, Xiangguo Qiu and her husband, Keding Cheng, two scientists at Canada’s high-security National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg, provided confidential information to China, documents reveal, and were fired after an investigation found Qiu posed “a realistic and credible threat to Canada’s economic security” and it was discovered they engaged in clandestine meetings with Chinese officials. A report by CSIS highlighted Qiu’s “close and clandestine relationships with a variety of entities of the People’s Republic of China, which is a known security threat to Canada.” Qiu was dishonest when confronted with her actions, making “blanket denials” and “half-truths, and personally...