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{{Short description|2021 book by Sam Cooper}}
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| name              = Wilful Blindness
| image_size        = 120px
| caption           = '''Wilful Blindness:''' How a Network of narcos, tycoons, and CCP agents infiltrated the West.
| author            = [[Sam Cooper (journalist)|Sam Cooper]]
| country           = [[Canada]]
| set_in            = [[Vancouver]]
| publisher         = [[Optimum Publishing International]]
| pub_date          = May 2021
| pages             = 460
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| followed_by       = <!-- for books in a series -->
}}
'''''Wilful Blindness''''' is an [[Investigative journalism|investigative book]] by [[Sam Cooper (journalist)|Sam Cooper]] into the influence of [[soft power of China]] in [[Vancouver]], [[Canada]]. It builds upon [[Project Sidewinder]] report from the [[RCMP]] and the [[Canadian Security Intelligence Service|CSIS]] and specifically focuses on "The Vancouver Model". Cooper's investigation claims the operation started during the [[Expo 86|World Expo in 1986]] in Vancouver, and that the [[United Front Work Department]], [[Chinese triad]]s, and the [[Big Circle Boys]] [[Laundered money|laundered]] [[fentanyl]] drug money through Vancouver area casinos such as the [[Parq Vancouver|Parq]] and [[River Rock Casino Resort|River Rocks]] casino, corrupting government agencies, spies, influencers, and Canadian society. Leading to [[Canadian property bubble#Money laundering|Vancouver's housing market bubble]] and destabilization of the [[western world]] with the [[opioid epidemic]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Optimum Books |url=https://optimumpublishinginternational.com/shop/wilfulblindness-6semz |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=Optimum Publishing International |language=en-CA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-08-08 |title=The Wilful Blindness of Wilful Blindness |url=https://www.straight.com/arts/wilful-blindness-of-wilful-blindness |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=The Georgia Straight |language=en}}</ref>
==See also==
* [[Chinese government interference in Canada]]
* [[Chinese government interference in the 2019 and 2021 Canadian federal elections]]
* [[14K (triad)|14K Triad]]
==References==
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[[Category:Economy of Canada]]
[[Category:Money laundering]]
[[Category:Opioid epidemic]]
[[Category:Canadian investigative journalists]]
[[Category:Works about intelligence analysis]]