The book #PeoplesRepublicoftheDisappeared is out!
#MichaelKovrig, #LeeMingChe, #ChengLei, #LiQiaochu and others write about being disappeared into #RSDL. With added focus on foreign victims, how it compares, and when RSDL is used for hostage diplomacy.
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#MichaelKovrig, #LeeMingChe, #ChengLei, #LiQiaochu and others write about being disappeared into #RSDL. With added focus on foreign victims, how it compares, and when RSDL is used for hostage diplomacy.
www.amazon.com/Peoples-Repu...
https://www.amazon.com/Peoples-Republic-Disappeared-Stories-prisons/dp/B0HGMJK933/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&sr=1-1
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October 28, 2026 at 8:31 AM
The book #PeoplesRepublicoftheDisappeared is out!
#MichaelKovrig, #LeeMingChe, #ChengLei, #LiQiaochu and others write about being disappeared into #RSDL. With added focus on foreign victims, how it compares, and when RSDL is used for hostage diplomacy.
www.amazon.com/Peoples-Repu...
#MichaelKovrig, #LeeMingChe, #ChengLei, #LiQiaochu and others write about being disappeared into #RSDL. With added focus on foreign victims, how it compares, and when RSDL is used for hostage diplomacy.
www.amazon.com/Peoples-Repu...
📢 外界注意到，在中国国家主席习近平访美之际，美国总统特朗普采取了比以往更为克制的姿态。国际危机组织高级顾问康明凯（MichaelKovrig）表示：“习近平和特朗普展开了一场权力博弈，习近平胜出。”…pic.twitter.com/lWBWw71m2K—DW中文-...
“习近平和特朗普展开了一场权力博弈，习近平胜出” | 文学城
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September 24, 2026 at 4:00 PM
📢 外界注意到，在中国国家主席习近平访美之际，美国总统特朗普采取了比以往更为克制的姿态。国际危机组织高级顾问康明凯（MichaelKovrig）表示：“习近平和特朗普展开了一场权力博弈，习近平胜出。”…pic.twitter.com/lWBWw71m2K—DW中文-...
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@MichaelKovrig
: “Canadians need to avoid getting locked into a false binary—either America is great and China is bad, or the reverse. Great powers operate differently from middle and small powers; they can abuse leverage and economic dependency.”
@MichaelKovrig
: “Canadians need to avoid getting locked into a false binary—either America is great and China is bad, or the reverse. Great powers operate differently from middle and small powers; they can abuse leverage and economic dependency.”
September 20, 2026 at 5:37 PM
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@MichaelKovrig
: “Canadians need to avoid getting locked into a false binary—either America is great and China is bad, or the reverse. Great powers operate differently from middle and small powers; they can abuse leverage and economic dependency.”
@MichaelKovrig
: “Canadians need to avoid getting locked into a false binary—either America is great and China is bad, or the reverse. Great powers operate differently from middle and small powers; they can abuse leverage and economic dependency.”
We don’t execute criminals any more so… #MichaelKovrig says convicted #RCMP leaker #CameronOrtis shouldn't 'rot in a prison cell' | Unpublished #canadanews #cdnpoli ...
November 25, 2024 at 3:17 PM
We don’t execute criminals any more so… #MichaelKovrig says convicted #RCMP leaker #CameronOrtis shouldn't 'rot in a prison cell' | Unpublished #canadanews #cdnpoli ...
🇨🇦 🇨🇳 On pense toujours à eux ! La Une marquante du @globeandmail #MichaelKovrig #MichaelSpavor https://t.co/Zo0aco9JhW
January 8, 2025 at 8:49 AM
🇨🇦 🇨🇳 On pense toujours à eux ! La Une marquante du @globeandmail #MichaelKovrig #MichaelSpavor https://t.co/Zo0aco9JhW
other countries’ dependence on China, and minimize reliance on others. 1/6 x.com/MichaelKovri...
Michael Kovrig (@MichaelKovrig) on X
The Chinese Communist Party’s economic strategy is not free trade. It is aggressive mercantilism. Xi Jinping has been explicit about the goals: to seize the commanding heights of advanced technology a...
x.com
July 22, 2026 at 9:00 PM
other countries’ dependence on China, and minimize reliance on others. 1/6 x.com/MichaelKovri...
What would you do if a loved one was detained in China (or HK, Iran, or Russia)? Our latest report #MISSING is on how family and friends can best help those arbitrarily detained.
This is what #MichaelKovrig, both victim and expert, has to say about it.
safeguarddefenders.com/en/blog/miss...
This is what #MichaelKovrig, both victim and expert, has to say about it.
safeguarddefenders.com/en/blog/miss...
March 5, 2025 at 12:15 PM
What would you do if a loved one was detained in China (or HK, Iran, or Russia)? Our latest report #MISSING is on how family and friends can best help those arbitrarily detained.
This is what #MichaelKovrig, both victim and expert, has to say about it.
safeguarddefenders.com/en/blog/miss...
This is what #MichaelKovrig, both victim and expert, has to say about it.
safeguarddefenders.com/en/blog/miss...
CHINA & CANADA NOW
thoughtful interview
#MichaelKovrig* & #StevePaikin
* #TwoMichaels 🔚 #Trade #Diplomacy #Security #cdnPoli #canPoli #China #Canada #ForeignInterference
thoughtful interview
#MichaelKovrig* & #StevePaikin
* #TwoMichaels 🔚 #Trade #Diplomacy #Security #cdnPoli #canPoli #China #Canada #ForeignInterference
"China is shaping the world in ways as profound as climate change, and in many respects, it's doing it faster than we are able to adapt to it with our political system," @kovrig.bsky.social tells @spaikin.bsky.social in a feature 1x1 for TVO Today Live.
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@crisisgroup.org @therundowntvo.bsky.social
Michael Kovrig: Why Canada Should Have No Illusions About China | TVO Today Live
YouTube video by TVO Today
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November 16, 2025 at 10:18 PM
CHINA & CANADA NOW
thoughtful interview
#MichaelKovrig* & #StevePaikin
* #TwoMichaels 🔚 #Trade #Diplomacy #Security #cdnPoli #canPoli #China #Canada #ForeignInterference
thoughtful interview
#MichaelKovrig* & #StevePaikin
* #TwoMichaels 🔚 #Trade #Diplomacy #Security #cdnPoli #canPoli #China #Canada #ForeignInterference
#MichaelKovrig, who was imprisoned in #China for more than 1,000 days, says China is embarking on a #charm-offensive that is strictly a change in words, not actions
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Michael Kovrig warns of China’s ‘diplomatic wrapping paper’ as Carney pursues deeper ties | CBC News
As Prime Minister Mark Carney aims to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping amid a U.S. trade war, a former Canadian diplomat who spent more than a thousand days imprisoned in China is warning Ottawa...
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October 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
#MichaelKovrig, who was imprisoned in #China for more than 1,000 days, says China is embarking on a #charm-offensive that is strictly a change in words, not actions
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
@TheEconomist: By the time @MichaelKovrig was released from Chinese detention, he had developed a detailed routine for survival. This week on “Drum Tower” the former Canadian diplomat explains how he survived inside a machine designed to crush the human spirit 🎧
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https://econ.st/3Y4s9tY
econ.st
October 5, 2024 at 12:47 AM
@TheEconomist: By the time @MichaelKovrig was released from Chinese detention, he had developed a detailed routine for survival. This week on “Drum Tower” the former Canadian diplomat explains how he survived inside a machine designed to crush the human spirit 🎧
@TheEconomist: “I decided that the only way I was going to survive…was if I had a kind of iron discipline of myself.”
How did @MichaelKovrig survive three years in Chinese detention? He explains to @DSORennie, this week on “Drum Tower” 🎧
How did @MichaelKovrig survive three years in Chinese detention? He explains to @DSORennie, this week on “Drum Tower” 🎧
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https://econ.st/3Y9tCzr
econ.st
October 4, 2024 at 10:25 PM
@TheEconomist: “I decided that the only way I was going to survive…was if I had a kind of iron discipline of myself.”
How did @MichaelKovrig survive three years in Chinese detention? He explains to @DSORennie, this week on “Drum Tower” 🎧
How did @MichaelKovrig survive three years in Chinese detention? He explains to @DSORennie, this week on “Drum Tower” 🎧
@TheEconomist: “I lost about ten kilos in a month.”
This week on “Drum Tower” @MichaelKovrig tells @DSORennie about the rice gruel and late-night interrogations of his three years in Chinese detention 🎧
This week on “Drum Tower” @MichaelKovrig tells @DSORennie about the rice gruel and late-night interrogations of his three years in Chinese detention 🎧
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https://econ.st/3NuiyH3
econ.st
October 3, 2024 at 3:04 AM
@TheEconomist: “I lost about ten kilos in a month.”
This week on “Drum Tower” @MichaelKovrig tells @DSORennie about the rice gruel and late-night interrogations of his three years in Chinese detention 🎧
This week on “Drum Tower” @MichaelKovrig tells @DSORennie about the rice gruel and late-night interrogations of his three years in Chinese detention 🎧
@TheEconomist: “It’s like nightmare groundhog day.”
In the second episode of our two-part series on “Drum Tower” @MichaelKovrig reflects on his three years as a political hostage in China 🎧
In the second episode of our two-part series on “Drum Tower” @MichaelKovrig reflects on his three years as a political hostage in China 🎧
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https://econ.st/3NcinzT
econ.st
October 2, 2024 at 9:37 AM
@TheEconomist: “It’s like nightmare groundhog day.”
In the second episode of our two-part series on “Drum Tower” @MichaelKovrig reflects on his three years as a political hostage in China 🎧
In the second episode of our two-part series on “Drum Tower” @MichaelKovrig reflects on his three years as a political hostage in China 🎧
@TheEconomist: Was @MichaelKovrig aware that he was a pawn in a much bigger geopolitical fight when he was seized by China’s security machine? Find out on our latest episode of “Drum Tower” 🎧
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https://econ.st/3XWa41a
econ.st
September 30, 2024 at 2:54 PM
@TheEconomist: Was @MichaelKovrig aware that he was a pawn in a much bigger geopolitical fight when he was seized by China’s security machine? Find out on our latest episode of “Drum Tower” 🎧
@TheEconomist: Until this week @MichaelKovrig has not spoken publicly about his 1,019 days in Chinese detention. On “Drum Tower” he breaks the silence—and recounts the fateful string of events leading up to his arrest 🎧
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https://econ.st/3B9RzgL
econ.st
September 29, 2024 at 1:37 PM
@TheEconomist: Until this week @MichaelKovrig has not spoken publicly about his 1,019 days in Chinese detention. On “Drum Tower” he breaks the silence—and recounts the fateful string of events leading up to his arrest 🎧
@TheEconomist: “I had a very acute…almost quiet-minded sense of living through my worst-case scenario.”
This week on “Drum Tower” @MichaelKovrig recalls the moment when he was seized by Chinese state security forces 🎧
This week on “Drum Tower” @MichaelKovrig recalls the moment when he was seized by Chinese state security forces 🎧
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https://econ.st/4edlhQB
econ.st
September 28, 2024 at 1:53 PM
@TheEconomist: “I had a very acute…almost quiet-minded sense of living through my worst-case scenario.”
This week on “Drum Tower” @MichaelKovrig recalls the moment when he was seized by Chinese state security forces 🎧
This week on “Drum Tower” @MichaelKovrig recalls the moment when he was seized by Chinese state security forces 🎧
@TheEconomist: Was @MichaelKovrig aware that he was a pawn in a much bigger geopolitical fight when he was seized by China’s security machine? Find out on our latest episode of “Drum Tower” 🎧
Main link in OG tweet
https://econ.st/3N1Q5aY
econ.st
September 26, 2024 at 2:53 PM
@TheEconomist: Was @MichaelKovrig aware that he was a pawn in a much bigger geopolitical fight when he was seized by China’s security machine? Find out on our latest episode of “Drum Tower” 🎧
@TheEconomist: Until this week @MichaelKovrig has not spoken publicly about his 1,019 days in Chinese detention. On “Drum Tower” he breaks the silence—and recounts the fateful string of events leading up to his arrest 🎧
Main link in OG tweet
https://econ.st/4egodvN
econ.st
September 25, 2024 at 1:50 PM
@TheEconomist: Until this week @MichaelKovrig has not spoken publicly about his 1,019 days in Chinese detention. On “Drum Tower” he breaks the silence—and recounts the fateful string of events leading up to his arrest 🎧
@TheEconomist: “I had a very acute…almost quiet-minded sense of living through my worst-case scenario.”
This week on “Drum Tower” @MichaelKovrig recalls the moment when he was seized by Chinese state security forces 🎧
This week on “Drum Tower” @MichaelKovrig recalls the moment when he was seized by Chinese state security forces 🎧
Main link in OG tweet
https://econ.st/3zvDF8i
econ.st
September 25, 2024 at 12:11 AM
@TheEconomist: “I had a very acute…almost quiet-minded sense of living through my worst-case scenario.”
This week on “Drum Tower” @MichaelKovrig recalls the moment when he was seized by Chinese state security forces 🎧
This week on “Drum Tower” @MichaelKovrig recalls the moment when he was seized by Chinese state security forces 🎧