Opinion: It’s time to recognize Taiwan as a country – but for the right reasons
If the Trudeau government truly believes in the principles of democracy and a rules-based international order, then it needs to start talking seriously with other stable democracies about formally recognizing Taiwan as the successful independent country it has become.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the decision by the United Nations General Assembly to expel the Republic of China, which had governed a broadly liberal-democratic China until its overthrow in 1949 by Mao Zedong’s People’s Liberation Army forced its government into exile on the islands of Taiwan.
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Source: The Globe and Mail #Apr16
https://t.co/6DmyYi0hYS
If the Trudeau government truly believes in the principles of democracy and a rules-based international order, then it needs to start talking seriously with other stable democracies about formally recognizing Taiwan as the successful independent country it has become.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the decision by the United Nations General Assembly to expel the Republic of China, which had governed a broadly liberal-democratic China until its overthrow in 1949 by Mao Zedong’s People’s Liberation Army forced its government into exile on the islands of Taiwan.
#Taiwan #Country #Trudeau #Anniversary #RepublicOfChina
Source: The Globe and Mail #Apr16
https://t.co/6DmyYi0hYS
Film director prepares to mark Tiananmen Square anniversary in B.C. after fleeing Hong Kong home
Award-winning Hong Kong filmmaker Jevons Au left his home for Canada last summer in fear of the national security law China imposed on the region in July 2020.
On Friday evening at 8 p.m. PT, Au will join dozens of other people from B.C.'s Lower Mainland at the Chinese consulate in Vancouver to commemorate those who lost their lives in the military crackdown against democracy protesters in Beijing's Tianammen Square — a vigil, he says, he's been keeping since he was in Grade 2 when he first learned of the tragedy.
"We have to remember those who fight for the freedom or democracy for the Chinese people, and their sacrifice," said Au, who now lives in Surrey, B.C., near Vancouver.
Source: CBC #Jun05
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/hong-kong-filmmaker-jevons-au-tiananmen-anniversary-1.6051407
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Award-winning Hong Kong filmmaker Jevons Au left his home for Canada last summer in fear of the national security law China imposed on the region in July 2020.
On Friday evening at 8 p.m. PT, Au will join dozens of other people from B.C.'s Lower Mainland at the Chinese consulate in Vancouver to commemorate those who lost their lives in the military crackdown against democracy protesters in Beijing's Tianammen Square — a vigil, he says, he's been keeping since he was in Grade 2 when he first learned of the tragedy.
"We have to remember those who fight for the freedom or democracy for the Chinese people, and their sacrifice," said Au, who now lives in Surrey, B.C., near Vancouver.
Source: CBC #Jun05
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/hong-kong-filmmaker-jevons-au-tiananmen-anniversary-1.6051407
#Tiananmen #Anniversary #Filmmaker #JevonsAu #Canada