Canada should take the ‘lead’ in collective response to Beijing’s national security law in Hong Kong, says expert

'We can’t ignore the fact that the Chinese ambassador to Canada did overtly threaten the 300,000 Canadian citizens sitting in Hong Kong,' says Adam Nelson, a senior adviser for the Asia-Pacific with the National Democratic Institute, based in Washington, D.C.

Steve Tsang, director of the SOAS China Institute at the University of London, pictured speaking to a House committee on Nov. 9, says the 300,000 or so Canadians who call Hong Kong home are not 'negligible.' Screen capture via ParlVu

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BY PALAK MANGAT

November 9, 2020

The federal government has “a very good reason” to take a “leading” role in coordinating the international response to a new national security law imposed by Beijing in Hong Kong, members of a House committee heard Monday.

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