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Canada Free Press: China Works Against Practitioners of Falun Gong Through North American News Media By Judi McLeod
Friday, June 8, 2007 The Peoples' Republic of China, whose tainted food exports continue to plague
North America, has for a long time been polluting peoples' minds with
propaganda. China's message is delivered in daily newspapers overseas. And the message
deliberately targets groups maligned by the Communist government. The message is served up on a daily basis in a town close to you. "In Canada, the Toronto-based Chinese Canadian Post is distributed with
an insert of the People's Daily, the official mouthpiece of the Chinese
Communist party, which is larger than the newspaper itself. The paper's
publisher, David Lim, is known in the Toronto Chinese community for his ties to
the consulate." (The Epoch Times, June 7, 2007). Shamefully, the publication receives advertising from the ultra politically
correct Ontario government and the City of Toronto, both corporations kept
afloat by taxpayers. Taxpayers, whose dollars pay for the advertising, likely do not know that
their money goes to support a regime with one of the worst human rights records
in history. The Toronto edition of the Ming Pao newspaper, one of the largest newspapers
read mainly by Hong Kong Chinese in Canada, also prints content from a Mainland
Chinese newspaper. "Ming Pao Canada CEO Ka-Ming Lui wouldn't describe in detail his
newspaper's arrangement with Guangzhou Daily. He denied that Ming Pao was paid
to publish the content, but he also admitted Ming Pao was not paying for it.
(The Epoch Times). "He also said his newspaper has a clear policy not to publish Falun Gong
advertisements. 'This (policy) has been in place for many years--it's no
secret.' Lui said Ming Pao papers across North America follow the same
policy." The "policy" is one that allows discrimination against a
minority--the practitioners of Falun Gong--and if any other government imposed
such a policy public outrage would be the result. New Tang Dynasty Television, which reports regularly about the persecution of
Falun Gong in China ran up against this policy when it tried to place an ad for
its international classical dance competition to be held later this month. Ming Pao said at least three other Toronto Chinese-language newspapers
refused to print the paid advertisement. Surely it is a travesty that no Chinese-language newspaper, aside from the
Chinese edition of the brave Epoch Times, would print the ad in Ottawa. That's Ottawa, the nation's capitol and home of the Conservative Canadian
minority government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper! The information on the status of Chinese controlled newspapers comes from
Chen Yonglin, who made a high-profile defection from the Chinese consulate in
Sydney, Australia two years ago. In an era where the politically correct mainstream media follows the path of
least resistance, The Epoch Times conducted an in-depth interview with Chen and
publicized never-before-released documents to substantiate his charges. The
documents show how China is following a course to "discredit" and
"intimidate" five specific target groups: Tibetan exiles, Taiwanese,
Uighur Muslims, democracy activists--and most of all Falun gong practitioners. The strategy of this ongoing campaign is an attempt to control
Chinese-language media overseas, and through student and community groups acting
as front organizations. Chen, whose conscience forbade him from doing the work,
which he says came complete with spying on Australians in five groups and
interfering in their activities, raised the alarm. Chen served as the first secretary of the consulate in Sydney and oversaw the
consulate's political department, which was in charge of combating the five
groups. As head of the political arm, he was a member of the Special Anti-Falun Gong
Working Group, which included the head of each department at the Sydney
consulate and the Consul general. This sort of set up is not peculiar to Australia. According to Chen, the same
type of group in is action in Chinese missions worldwide. Minutes of one of the Working Group's meeting obtained by The Epoch Times,
dated February 7, 2001, were signed off by both the consul general and deputy
consul general of the consulate and included reports of 22 anti-Falun Gong
activities. Among them is an entry about a Chinese-language newspaper that was
reprimanded for publishing a Falun Gong advertisement. Meanwhile, not even a distance marked by thousands of miles can keep the
practitioners of Falun Gong safe from the Peoples' Republic of China. Source http://www.canadafreepress.com/2007/cover060807.htm
Posting date: 6/11/2007 |