The majority of Canadians support boycotting the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics due to China’s human rights record, while many are also concerned for the safety of the athletes who will be competing, according to a new poll. Conducted by the Vancouver-based Research Co., the poll shows 56 percent of Canadians support boycotting the Olympics, scheduled…

The majority of Canadians support boycotting the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics due to China’s human rights record, while many are also concerned for the safety of the athletes who will be competing, according to a new poll. Conducted by the Vancouver-based Research Co., the poll shows 56 percent of Canadians support boycotting the Olympics, scheduled…

Commentary Dec. 10 marks Human Rights Day, commemorating the day in 1948 the U.N. General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Less than a year later, on Oct. 1, 1949, Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong declared the creation of the People’s Republic of China. In 1947, as preparation for the drafting of…

Canada should join its allies in a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in protest of the Chinese communist regime’s human rights abuses, Conservative leader Erin O’Toole said on Dec. 6. O’Toole said he has been speaking with Canadian Olympic Committee athletes and representatives on how to express “our profound displeasure with the…

Commentary Why does the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) go out of its way to persecute and destroy Christian believers and Falun Gong practitioners? What are the CCP’s brave, omniscient, and brilliant leaders afraid of? Who’s Afraid of the Meek and Mild? When it comes to religious persecution in China, what’s going on in the hearts…

Commentary On Sept. 30, 2021, the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), the government-in-exile of Tibet, released a document entitled “Tibet: 70 Years of Occupation and Oppression.” This document details Tibet’s fascinating but sad story from ancient times to today, but concentrates on the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) occupation and brutal oppression. The People’s Liberation Army of…

Commentary On Sept. 30, 2021, the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), the government-in-exile of Tibet, released a document entitled “Tibet: 70 Years of Occupation and Oppression.” This document details Tibet’s fascinating but sad story from ancient times to today, but concentrates on the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) occupation and brutal oppression. The People’s Liberation Army of…

Commentary Recently, a minor row erupted on Twitter over some comments made about Spain’s shameless extradition of 94 Taiwanese citizens to China in June 2019. Those in favor came up with the usual questions: What are the options? Why should they not be sent back? Their basic assumption, taking Beijing’s word for it, is that those…

Commentary China is the world’s biggest perpetrator of transnational repression globally, according to a new Freedom House report. The report cites “millions of Chinese and minority populations from China in at least 36 countries” affected by intimidation, espionage, threats, cyberattacks, physical assaults, illegal extradition, and rendition. Written by Nate Schenkkan and Isabel Linzer, the excellent report’s…