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Caught in the crossfire: Chinese diaspora bears brunt of Canada-Beijing tensions

Allegations of harassment have been described by rights activists and Canada’s ethnic minorities, and documented by Amnesty International in recent years.

Some have accused Chinese undercover agents or proxies of intimidating Chinese Canadians by vowing retribution against their relatives back home.

“What they do is they use family ties to China or Hong Kong to threaten you,” Cheuk Kwan, co-chair of the Toronto Association for Democracy in China, told AFP recently.

Kwan, clad in a black leather jacket, said this includes “death threats, verbal intimidation, or something as simple as saying: ‘We know where your parents live.’”

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加國華人民運組織高層 轟中國特務威脅中港家人 「我們知道你父母住哪裡」

有支持民主的加拿大華人組織坦言，不時面臨中國特務威嚇，其中，「多倫多支持中國民運會」聯合主席關卓中，近日接受法新社訪問時便透露，「他們（中國特務）利用在中國或香港的家庭關係來威脅你。或只是簡單的一句，『我們知道你的父母住在哪裡』」。

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Speaking at Power & Politics, Cheuk Kwan, TADC co-chair, said that we should look forward to a desperately-needed foreign agent registry and to strengthening the tools for the law enforcement to break the cycle of Chinese interference.

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不需研訊 只需聽證 研究外國干預專員的首份報告出了什麼問題？

播出日期：2023年5月23日

被訪者：多倫多支持中國民運會共同主席 關卓中

A1出擊 主持人：馮凱欣

Cheuk Kwan, TADC co-chair, calls for Canada to adopt counter measures similar to those in Australia.

Watch Power & Politics at 43:25.

CHINA-CANADA TENSIONS ESCALATE

If anyone feel unsafe because of what the Canadian government is doing, Cheuk Kwan, co-chair of TADC, pointed out that it is the Chinese government that is making people feel unsafe.

Why a Liberal MP is calling on the Canadian government to reconsider foreign agent registry

Cheuk Kwan, TADC co-chair, spoke with Global News Mackenzie Gray on his report about an MP within the governing Liberals going against the grain and voicing his opposition to the plan.

Chinese Canadians urge feds to look into the depth, danger of China’s meddling

Chinese interference continues to dominate headlines. And while talking about China’s efforts to influence and interfere in Canada’s democracy might be new to some, many in the Chinese Canadian community say this has been a problem they have warned about for years.

Cheuk Kwan, TADC co-chair, spoke on CBC NEWS: THE WORLD AT SIX with Susan Bonner.

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It is offensive to Chinese Canadians to call foreign registry ‘racist’

Properly used, the registry will prevent an entire community from being singularly labelled as a threat

By Cheuk Kwan and Dora Nipp