Fear of retaliation has forced many in the diaspora community into self\u002Dcensorship. This country should listen and act on their concerns.
In the past few years, I’ve spoken to many members of the Chinese diaspora in Canada who shared their stories of suspected CCP-linked harassment and intimidation. But more often, the stories were about how their fear of CCP retaliation forced them into self-censorship, and how they felt a sense of powerlessness and shame for “not being brave enough” to stand up to Beijing, even on Canadian soil.
This, unfortunately, is what happened. The government’s lack of robust action only emboldened Beijing to double down on its threats, escalating now to sitting MPs. “Every time we spoke to the government, it felt like we were putting on a show and helping them tick off a box that they were hearing from critics,” a Hong Kong activistChinese diaspora members told me that they either did not know how to report incidents of suspected CCP-linked harassment and intimidation to Canadian authorities or they believed reporting them wouldn’t be useful.
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