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.”... Public Inquiry on Foreign Interference Opens Application for Stakeholders’ Participation
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.”... 
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....
The United States is viewed much more favorably than China in 24 countries, most of which are high-income nations, amid growing competition between the two nations, according to the Pew Research Center. According to the latest survey by the Washington-based think tank released on Nov. 6, 22 out of 24 countries view the United States more positively than China. “This year, overall views of the United States are much more positive than views of China in most places surveyed,” Pew Research noted. “But this has not always been the case in our nearly two decades of favorability polling, and views of the countries have fluctuated alongside views of their leaders.”...