A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson issued the warning to Canada, the U.K., U.S., Australia and New Zealand—the countries that make up the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing alliance—after they urged China to reinstate four pro-democracy lawmakers that Hong Kong expelled from its legislature. That move came after Beijing passed a resolution allowing the region’s government to remove politicians deemed a threat to national security. (BBC)

Talking point: The dismissal prompted all of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy lawmakers to resign, leaving the body with almost no dissenting voices. The Five Eyes’ foreign ministers criticized the move as a clear breach of Beijing’s legally binding commitments to protect Hong Kong’s freedoms and autonomy, as well as an attempt to undermine the rights of the region’s people to elect representatives. It’s yet another point of tension between Ottawa and Beijing. On Wednesday, Canada identified state-sponsored programs in China and other countries as major cyber-crime threats for the first time—accusations China called groundless. Also Wednesday, Canada’s opposition called on the federal government to ban Chinese telecom Huawei’s technology from use in the country’s 5G networks, calling China a threat to Canadian interests and values. Meanwhile, Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou’s ongoing extradition proceedings continue this week in a Vancouver courtroom. The Canadian border agent who interrogated Meng before her arrest at the behest of the U.S. today faced additional questioning in court as Meng’s lawyers seek to derail the extradition effort.