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The Fifth Estate

Season 51 · Episode 14

The Dissident & The Spy

0.045mApril 3, 2026

In November 2022, the body of a Chinese dissident was found near Gibsons, B.C. Was it a simple drowning or the result of a Chinese secret police operation? A former spy details how China uses covert means to threaten and intimidate.

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Episodes

Episode 1The Denial Machine
Episode 2Funding the occupation
Episode 3Dying to Recover.
Episode 4Dawson Creek: Behind the Fear
Episode 5The War on Safe Drugs
Episode 6Smash & Grab
Episode 7Trapped on the Water
Episode 8Vanished