Some Vancouver-area municipal politicians recently participated in an event where Chinese consulate representatives celebrated the founding of the communist regime in Beijing.
On the same day, a number of rights groups gathered to protest the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in cities across Canada and in other countries, as part of a global movement against the regime’s authoritarian rule.
The Oct. 1 celebration was held at the Vancouver Art Gallery and titled “The 4th Chinese Culture and Art Festival,” according to several Chinese-language media. China’s Consul-General in Vancouver Yang Shu and Deputy Consul-General Wang Chengjun attended the event.
Phoenix Television, a media outlet partially owned by Beijing, reported that the event was to celebrate the 73rd National Day of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Yang said in a speech that Chinese-Canadians expressed “their genuine birthday wishes to their motherland.”…