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OTTAWA - The CEO and most members of the board of directors for the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation said Tuesday they are stepping down because of the political climate surrounding their work in recent months.
Chinese billionaire Zhang Bin and another Chinese businessman, Niu Gensheng, donated $200,000 to the foundation in 2016.
MPs are pushing for new law to require the UK government make lists of "high risk" suppliers that should be barred from getting government contracts.
The United States has sanctioned five Chinese companies over their alleged role in the repression of the Uyghur Muslim, the U.S. Commerce Department said.
The discovery of U.S. spy networks in China fueled a decadelong global war over data between Beijing and Washington.