Similarly with buying up real estate in various countries, notably Canada, where they can maintain an upward pressure on prices relatively easily - while acquiring actual land and buildings of at least some value - in order to cause undue and unsustainable suffering for Canadians, which then not only weakens the economy but political structures; and hey, we already also pay the most in the world for telecommunications.

There's actually a book by an investigative journalism on the topic: "Wilful Blindness, How a Network of narcos, tycoons and CCP agents infiltrated the West" - https://optimumpublishinginternational.com/shop/wilfulblindn...

Another article also including the fentanyl crisis: https://betterdwelling.com/new-book-dives-into-canadian-real...