Foreign interference is ‘not in our genes’, China’s embassy in Canada says, denying diaspora ‘harassment’ report

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China’s Canadian embassy has denied that Beijing harasses opponents there, saying that such claims in a report to Canada’s parliament are a “smear” meant to poison bilateral relations.

It accused China of “harassment and intimidation campaigns” against dissident and other groups in Canada. The report recommended creating a registry of people and groups acting on behalf of foreign states, and a commission on foreign influence.

Cherie Wong is the executive director of Alliance Canada Hong Kong, a group that supports the Hong Kong protest movement. Photo: Handout “For quite some time, some people in Canada have been so keen to hype up the so-called ‘China threat theory’, make an issue out of national security, and do whatever they can to fan up anti-China sentiments and catch eyeballs by smearing and attacking China, which further poisons China-Canada relations,” it said.ACHK has supported the protest and democracy movements in Hong Kong.

She said the statement served as a message to the embassy’s domestic critics and supporters alike, as well as “virtue signalling” to Beijing.

 

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