Regarding La Presse Chinoise's Refusal to Admit Its Connection to Jiang's Group
By a Dafa practitioner in Canada
(Clearwisdom.net) When questioned by the plaintiff's attorney inside
Quebec Superior Court, Zhou Jinxing, head of La Presse Chinoise news
agency, tried his best to deny that the newspaper has any connection with the
Jiang group, including the Chinese consulates and various levels of the Chinese
government. His efforts, however, were not credible.
The slanderous articles attacking Falun Gong that appeared in La Presse
Chinoise were almost identical to the ones provided by the Chinese
Consulates in Canada, and the articles published in La Presse Chinoise
were then in turn published in Mainland China. The Chinese government then
claimed, "The Chinese people in Canada condemn Falun Gong," making this their
justification for further persecution of Falun Gong. It's hard to believe La
Presse Chinoise really has nothing to do with Jiang's group.
When questioned by the defendant's attorney, Zhou Jinxing stated in court
that La Presse Chinoise has no political background and no connection
with any Chinese consulate in Canada. Zhou even claimed the newspaper's website
does not even contain a link to the consulates. The newspaper was very firm in
its claim.
However, later, when questioned by the plaintiff's attorney, Zhou Jinxing
became inconsistent in his answers. He first said there was no link to the
consulate on La Presse Chinoise's website, then he admitted there was a
link, but that the link appeared only in the Yellow Pages column. The
plaintiff's attorney then presented the front page of the La Presse
Chinoise's website, and pointed out that the link to the Chinese consulate
is on its front page instead of only in the Yellow Pages. Zhou was no longer
able to deny the connection to the Chinese consulate, so he could only say, "I
don't know if the link works."
Why does La Presse Chinoise try so hard to deny its connection to
Jiang's group? If there is no connection, there is no need for a cover-up. The
Chinese consulates function as Jiang's overseas headquarters for promoting
Jiang's policy of annihilation against Falun Gong. The officials in these
Chinese consulates have used all available opportunities to slander Falun Gong
and make up lies to deceive the Chinese people. Not all overseas Chinese people
are aware of this fact. If a Chinese newspaper is not aware of this fact, it's
understandable if it puts a link to the Chinese consulate on its website.
However, La Presse Chinoise repeatedly denies the fact that there is a
connection, which makes them look very suspicious.
Since he intentionally denies any connection with the Jiang group, Zhou
Jinxing knows such a connection implies illegal activities. Everyone knows that
in Mainland China, none of the media can speak freely because the government
controls them. On the issue of Falun Gong, the media throughout China has one
voice. In many countries outside of China, people usually think of the media as
being free and unbiased; however, if it were confirmed that any media is
connected to the Jiang group, its credibility would dwindle, especially on the
issue of Falun Gong. As soon as La Presse Chinoise admitted an
association with Jiang's group, its selling point of "free speech" would no
longer exist.
The fact that La Presse Chinoise denies this connection also shows
Jiang's group is "tearing down the bridge after crossing it" as it has always
done. Even if La Presse Chinoise were slandering Falun Gong by following
the Jiang group's orders, in a Canadian court, La Presse Chinoise does
not dare to admit it and will be forced to take total responsibility in an
effort to absolve Jiang's group.
Even if La Presse Chinoise completely follows orders, and takes all
the blame and accepts the legal responsibilities in order to protect the Jiang
group's reputation, Jiang's group may still abandon La Presse Chinoise,
because the newspaper no longer has any value for them.
Katrina Leung, a U.S. citizen, was accused of being a Chinese double agent.
The Party praised her as a "patriotic leader in overseas Chinese communities,"
but Jiang's group never mentioned her again after she went to trial, as if she
never had anything to do with Jiang's group.
Chinese version available at
http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2003/12/2/61625.html
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