Thoughts on San Francisco

Back in Toronto now after what was a 24 hours a day week in San Francisco. Looking back at the day of the disastrous Torch run, I have come to the conclusion that protests against the Chinese government’s actions in Tibet, Burma, Sudan, East Turkestan, Taiwan, and China itself has now truly become a [...]

Canadian activists hang banners in Paris and on the Golden Gate Bridge

What can I say about a day like today? This was another landmark achievement for our movement and the Olympics campaign. We started the day at the crack of dawn, driving towards the Golden Bridge while watching a live stream video of the banner hang in Paris uploaded by our colleagues. We [...]

A refutal of the NCCC pronouncement

The pronouncement issued by the National Congress of Chinese Canadians(hereafter referred to as “NCCC”) is based on skewed views and information, and anyone who reads it will agree. Where they get their “facts” from is apparent when they regurgitate the Chinese government’s party line.
The following is a point by point refutation/exposé, if you will, of [...]

National Congress of Chinese Canadians pronouncement

The following is a translation of the NCCC’s pronouncement made about a week earlier.
( Tuesday, March 25, 2008 )
Supporting the Beijing Olympics, Opposing Tibet’s violent separatism.
In order to support the Beijing Olympic Games, NCCC who opposes the violent separatism in Tibet are submitting the pronouncement accordingly as follows:
We are very concerned about the recent riots [...]

Chinese human rights activists speak up for Tibet

This is video footage from a press conference we had in front of the Chinese consulate. On the same day, ‘Chinese students’ organized a ’song and dance festival’ for China – where they incidentally chanted for “One China,” cursed Tibetans as violent rioters, and assaulted numerous Canadians and Tibetan Canadians who spoke up for [...]