This is a supplemental to the Joint RCMP-CSIS study known as "Sidewinder." It is intended to provide more background information, expand upon the information in Sidewinder, and update the document.

Because this supplemental is written by IntellNet, and not an intelligence agency such as CSIS, some information will be missing or otherwise unavailable. This is, unfortunately, unavoidable as IntellNet can only operate using open sources.

The Sidewinder Introduction:

"Since the mid-1980's, a substantial immigration flow from Hong Kong has taken place and Canadian authorities were first alerted when a significant presence of Chinese organized crime elements among this group was detected. Many came through the "entrepreneur" and "investor" immigration program and some of these criminals even have succeeded to obtain their Canadian citizenship. Although not all immigrants in these categories are suspected, two particular groups of individuals raised attention. Two other groups have also taken advantage of the "entrepreneur" and "investor" categories to immigrate and to invest in Canada. First, a certain number of very rich Hong Kong Chinese business people (tycoons) who are known to have been cooperating with the Chinese Government for years. Then a group composed of associates and relatives of China's leadership and the Chinese Intelligence Services (ChIS). Intelligence reveals that certain individuals of these groups have been working for over fifteen years in concert with the Chinese government, and some of their "financial ventures" in Canada serve to conceal criminal or intelligence activities.

"Hand in hand with this situation, the ChIS make very active use of their access to Canadian industries through exchanges of specialists and students, and also set up shell companies to pursue their acquisition of economic and technological intelligence."

The document goes on to cite specific examples of Canadian companies within Chinese influence of ownership since the 1980's. These businesses include CITIC, Norinco, Husky Oil, Grand Adex Properties, Merrill Lynch, Gordon Capital, Tai Foong International, CIBC, Ramada Hotels, China Vision and Semi-Tech Corporation.

An Index

• Beta Chemicals (Norinco)
• Beta First (Norinco)
• Beta Unitex (Norinco)
• Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC)
• Cheung Kong Ltd
• China International Trust & Investment Company (CITIC)
• China National Aero-Technology Import-Export Corporation (CATIC)
• China Vision
• Fairchild Communication Ltd
• Fung, Thomas
• Gordon Capital Corporation
• Grand Adex Real Estate
• Heung, Jimmy
• Ho, Stanley Dr.
• Hong Kong Telecommunications, Et Al
• Hong Kong Singapore Bank Canada (HSBC)
• Hutchison Whampoa
• Husky Energy
• Kung Lok Triad
• Ka-Shing, Richard
• Li Ka-Shing
• (China) Northern Industrial Corporation (Norinco)
• Semi-Tech Corporation
• Sunico Industries (Norinco)
• Tai Foong International
• Triads