CHINA’S (NOT) HIDDEN THREATS TO CANADIAN CITIZENS
Canada and China are once again at loggerheads over a number of issues, this time with Beijing threatening retaliation in the case of Canada's acceptance of Hong Kong pro-freedom activists seeking asylum.
The Chinese ambassador to Canada, Cong Peiwu, has launched a somewhat unprecedented threat among civilized countries: in fact, he said that if he agrees to give political asylum to Hong Kong dissidents he could jeopardize the "health and safety" of 300,000 Canadians living in the territory.
"We strongly urge the Canadian side not to grant so-called political asylum to those violent Hong Kong criminals, because it is an interference in China's internal affairs, and it will certainly encourage those violent criminals," said Cong, who continued: “ If the Canadian state truly cares about Hong Kong's stability and prosperity and truly cares about the good health and safety of those 300,000 Canadian passport holders residing in Hong Kong and the large number of Canadian companies operating in Hong Kong, it should support those efforts to fight violent crimes “.
In September, Canada granted diplomatic protection to two dissidents from the former British colony, but another 45 are apparently on the waiting list to obtain the same privilege. The words did not pass without consequences from a diplomatic point of view, and the Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, François-Philippe Champagne, immediately protested against the deeply "inappropriate" comments. "The comments reported by the Chinese ambassador are totally unacceptable and disturbing," he said in a statement. "I instructed Foreign Affairs to call the Ambassador to make it clear in no uncertain terms that Canada will always stand up for the human rights and rights of Canadians around the world."
We are at the second serious disagreement between Canada and China after the arrest of Huawei manager Meng Wanzhou, who was subsequently extradited to the USA. In the same year, China arrested the two citizens Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, who are still under arrest in that country.
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This is a machine translation of a post published on Scenari Economici at the URL https://scenarieconomici.it/le-non-velate-minacce-della-cina-ai-cittadini-canadesi/ on Mon, 19 Oct 2020 19:41:24 +0000.