Citizens Increase Calls for Canada to Stand Up to China
Canadian citizens want continued, harsher treatment towards China.
In response to the appointment of Catroina Le May Doan as head of the Canadian 2022 Olympic delegation, an Ottawa citizen calls for Canada to boycott the Beijing Winter Olympics entirely.
“How can we possibly be thinking of sending Canadians under our flag to a country that is holding two of our citizens hostage; that has threatened Canadians in Hong Kong; and that continues to use trade as a weapon against us?”
Citing Canada’s precedence of boycotting the Moscow Games in 1980, he added that the repression of the Uyghurs and democracy in Hong Kong “should be enough for fair-minded countries to withdraw.”
His opinion towards the Chinese government regarding Chinese human rights abuses is echoed by another citizen, who applauds Bob Rae, the Canadian UN Ambassador, for mentioning the alleged genocide in the Xinjiang Province during a UN conference.
He adds that “Like-minded nations must stand up to the CCP and show our support for the Chinese people by supporting Taiwan and Hong Kong.”
Source: Ottawa Citizens #Nov21
https://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/todays-letters-boycott-the-beijing-winter-olympics-over-chinas-abuses
#China #Canada #humanitariancrisis #Beijing2022 #BoycottBeijing2022
Canadian citizens want continued, harsher treatment towards China.
In response to the appointment of Catroina Le May Doan as head of the Canadian 2022 Olympic delegation, an Ottawa citizen calls for Canada to boycott the Beijing Winter Olympics entirely.
“How can we possibly be thinking of sending Canadians under our flag to a country that is holding two of our citizens hostage; that has threatened Canadians in Hong Kong; and that continues to use trade as a weapon against us?”
Citing Canada’s precedence of boycotting the Moscow Games in 1980, he added that the repression of the Uyghurs and democracy in Hong Kong “should be enough for fair-minded countries to withdraw.”
His opinion towards the Chinese government regarding Chinese human rights abuses is echoed by another citizen, who applauds Bob Rae, the Canadian UN Ambassador, for mentioning the alleged genocide in the Xinjiang Province during a UN conference.
He adds that “Like-minded nations must stand up to the CCP and show our support for the Chinese people by supporting Taiwan and Hong Kong.”
Source: Ottawa Citizens #Nov21
https://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/todays-letters-boycott-the-beijing-winter-olympics-over-chinas-abuses
#China #Canada #humanitariancrisis #Beijing2022 #BoycottBeijing2022
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Today's letters: Boycott the Beijing Winter Olympics over China's abuses
Saturday, Nov. 21: On China and human rights, Lansdowne Park, nuclear power and a historic Ottawa bridge. You can write to us too, at: letters@ottawacitizen.com
Two activists, Tibetan student and exiled Hong Kong activist, arrested in Athens for protesting against Beijing Winter Olympics
Greek police detained two women, 18-year-old Tibetan student Tesla Zoksang and 22-year-old exiled Hong Kong activist Joey Siu, after they attempted to hang banners from the Acropolis in Athens in protest at the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics.
They deployed a Tibetan flag and a banner of “Free Hong Kong, Revolution Now”, and chanted slogans including “Free Tibet”, “Boycott Beijing 2022”, and “No freedom, no Games.”
The Olympic flame for the 24th Winter Games will be lit at Ancient Olympia on Monday and handed over to China at a ceremony in Athens' Panathenian Stadium on Tuesday. The International Olympic Committee’s Executive Board met in Athens on Saturday.
source: ABC News #Oct17
https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/arrested-athens-protesting-beijing-olympics-80628356
#BoycottBeijing2022 #Athens #FreeTibet #FreeHK #OlympicGames
Greek police detained two women, 18-year-old Tibetan student Tesla Zoksang and 22-year-old exiled Hong Kong activist Joey Siu, after they attempted to hang banners from the Acropolis in Athens in protest at the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics.
They deployed a Tibetan flag and a banner of “Free Hong Kong, Revolution Now”, and chanted slogans including “Free Tibet”, “Boycott Beijing 2022”, and “No freedom, no Games.”
The Olympic flame for the 24th Winter Games will be lit at Ancient Olympia on Monday and handed over to China at a ceremony in Athens' Panathenian Stadium on Tuesday. The International Olympic Committee’s Executive Board met in Athens on Saturday.
source: ABC News #Oct17
https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/arrested-athens-protesting-beijing-olympics-80628356
#BoycottBeijing2022 #Athens #FreeTibet #FreeHK #OlympicGames
Canadian and Taiwanese Artists Uses Music and Drawings to Show their Support on Human Rights
#BeijingWinterOlympics has begun since #Feb04 with boycotts voices circulating the world.
Some artists show their dissatisfaction with #HumanRightsViolation in China with paintbrushes and music notes. A Canadian painter creates "Genocide Games" to mock Beijing Winter Olympic while a Taiwanese band composes "The Times Looking After the Righteous (#時代看顧正義的人)" to criticise dictatorship.
Both works show support to the belief in democracy and freedom.
The Canadian artist, Ricker Choi, is originally from Hong Kong but emigrated to Canada when he was 13. Yet, he is always concerning the situation in Hong Kong. Ricker has created lots of artworks since 2019, supporting Hong Kong democracy movements.
When the winter Olympics was approaching, his heart was filled with emotions. As a result, he picked up his pen and produced a picture "#GenocideGames".
Ricker said, "China claimed to improve the human rights issues in 2008 #OlympicGames, to be free, democratic and open. In fact, the reality is, however, the opposite. They suppress #Uyghurs and #Tibetans, persecuting Hong Kong, threatening Taiwan. Letting them host the Olympic Games again is the greatest sarcasm."
Ricker Choi's Twitter post:
https://twitter.com/RickerChoi/status/1478919590520438785
Source: RFA #Jan17
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/lf-01172022161411.html?encoding=traditional
#Genocide
#BeijingWinterOlympics has begun since #Feb04 with boycotts voices circulating the world.
Some artists show their dissatisfaction with #HumanRightsViolation in China with paintbrushes and music notes. A Canadian painter creates "Genocide Games" to mock Beijing Winter Olympic while a Taiwanese band composes "The Times Looking After the Righteous (#時代看顧正義的人)" to criticise dictatorship.
Both works show support to the belief in democracy and freedom.
The Canadian artist, Ricker Choi, is originally from Hong Kong but emigrated to Canada when he was 13. Yet, he is always concerning the situation in Hong Kong. Ricker has created lots of artworks since 2019, supporting Hong Kong democracy movements.
When the winter Olympics was approaching, his heart was filled with emotions. As a result, he picked up his pen and produced a picture "#GenocideGames".
Ricker said, "China claimed to improve the human rights issues in 2008 #OlympicGames, to be free, democratic and open. In fact, the reality is, however, the opposite. They suppress #Uyghurs and #Tibetans, persecuting Hong Kong, threatening Taiwan. Letting them host the Olympic Games again is the greatest sarcasm."
Ricker Choi's Twitter post:
https://twitter.com/RickerChoi/status/1478919590520438785
Source: RFA #Jan17
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/lf-01172022161411.html?encoding=traditional
#Genocide
Twitter
Ricker Choi
Genocide Games - 北京奧運, acrylic painting by Ricker Choi #NoBeijing2022 #BoycottBeijing2022 #Beijing2022 #AthletesWanted #NoRightsNoGames #UyghurGenocide