US and Canada must collaborate to combat Chinese interference – MP

A Canadian politician recently spoke to US lawmakers and called for the US and Canada to work together to stop foreign interference from China.

China supposedly targeted Michael Chong because he criticized their record on human rights.

He was asked to talk about his personal experience in front of a committee in the US Congress that oversees China.

He said that what Beijing is doing puts Canada in serious danger.

Mr Chong explained to the bipartisan committee on Monday that his experience is just one example of how Beijing is meddling in Canada. A lot of times, people don’t notice or tell about other cases, and the people who are hurt have to keep it a secret and suffer alone.

This year, Canada said that China tried to spread false information about Mr. Chong on WeChat.

Mr Chong said that he found out from Canadian intelligence that Beijing has been collecting information about him and his relatives in Hong Kong for the past three years. In 2021, Mr. Chong suggested in the government meeting that China’s treatment of its Uyghur minority population is considered a genocide.

China has said many times that they are not trying to scare or control Mr. Chong or get involved in Canadian matters. The Chinese embassy in Canada said that Mr. Chong criticized China for his own political reasons.

“The Chinese embassy spokesperson said that a lie is always a lie, whether it is in Canada or in the United States,” according to an email.

In his statement, the Conservative politician explained how China has been involved in his country in different ways.

He said that Chinese international students in Canadian universities are being forced by Beijing to spy on other students and activists who are considered unfriendly to the Communist Party of China.

He also mentioned the problem of Beijing-controlled “police stations” in Canada that are said to have forced some Chinese citizens to return to China.

China says they don’t have police stations abroad, they have service centers for their citizens who are overseas.

Mr Chong decided to stop communicating with his family in Hong Kong because he was worried that they might be in danger.

“He said that many, many other people have done the exact same thing. ” This is one of the results of China’s actions to control people in different countries.

Mr Chong asked the US and Canada to join forces and work together on this problem.

He said that we can do this by sharing information and making public China’s attempts to interfere. This is important to protect our basic freedoms, democratic systems, and the international rules that we follow.

Lawmakers from both the Democratic and Republican parties in the US government praised Mr. Chong’s testimony, who spoke before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China.

Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley said that young activists who expressed their concerns about the worsening situation in Hong Kong have been continuously targeted. He also mentioned that there is ongoing and intense pressure on Uyghurs globally.

The commission, which started in 2000, watches over China’s alleged bullying tactics and keeps track of individuals who have disappeared or been imprisoned for political reasons.

Recently, the relationship between Canada and China has been strained because people found out about alleged attempts to intimidate Mr.

Canada decided to kick out a Chinese diplomat in May because of the problem. China then responded and asked a Canadian diplomat to leave their Shanghai Consulate.

The intelligence agencies have said that Beijing tried to disrupt the 2019 and 2021 federal elections.

Canada started an investigation last week to look into how China and other countries are interfering in their affairs.