While Beijing’s election interference in Canada has dominated media headlines in recent weeks, Chinese diasporas who have been raising the alarm for years have remained “unheard and erased,” said a rights advocate.
“When the diaspora resists Beijing’s transnational controls, dissidents’ tires are slashed, activists are harassed and threatened, international students’ study permits are declined, and passports applications are rejected,” Ai-Men Lau, adviser to Alliance Canada Hong Kong (ACHK), said while testifying on Beijing’s foreign interference to the House ethics committee on March 10.
“I also want to take this opportunity to urge policymakers to rebuild trust with diaspora communities, many of whom have felt long unheard and erased,” she added….