New immigration hearing for Chinese military college teacher

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Prospective Canadian immigrant Huajie Xu has spent most of his life working for the People's Liberation Army; his teaching role at the chief military college for cyber espionage raised concerns with border officials. A federal court judge has nullified an Immigration Appeal Division (IAD) ruling that allowed a former lieutenant-colonel of China’s People’s Liberation Army admitted into Canada. Now, a new admissibility hearing will be held for 44-year-old prospective immigrant Huajie Xu, also a former lecturer at the PLA Information Engineering University, China’s chief military academy for cyber and electronic warfare. The Minister of Citizenship and Immigration had initially opposed...