Professor Fen Hampson and journalist Michael Blanchfield‘s book “The Two Michaels: Innocent Canadian Captives and High Stakes Espionage in the US-China Cyber War” has won the 2022 Ottawa Book Award in the non-fiction category.

The winning books are selected by a jury of peers.  During the selection process, the jury stated that “The Two Michaels” is a riveting read from the first page, blending together a timely, fast-paced telling of political drama and harrowing personal strife. Blanchfield and Hampson leave no stone unturned as they stitch together how two Canadian men in China become the unfortunate faces of international tension in a changing world.”

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