The Chinese Communist Party announced sanctions against three individuals and one institution in the United States and Canada on March 27. Congressman Jinrong Zhao, a member of the Canadian Parliament’s Subcommittee on International Human Rights, said the Chinese Communist Party’s attempt to threaten representatives of public opinion in democratic countries through sanctions is ignorant, bizarre and ridiculous.
The targets of the sanctions include Michael Chong, a Canadian Conservative MP and vice chair of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development (FAAE), the eight-member FAAE Subcommittee on International Human Rights, and Gayle Manchin, chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, and Tony Perkins, vice chair. Tony Perkins (D-CA).
The Chinese Communist Party has never been able to represent the Chinese people
Kenny Chiu, a Richmond congressman who joined the International Human Rights Subcommittee last year, said in an interview with Epoch Times that “the Chinese Communist Party has never been able to represent the Chinese people and cannot represent China. In a bizarre way, the Chinese Communist Party has sanctioned Canadian MPs, in other words, sanctioned the elected public representatives of the people of Canada’s constituency!”
Zhao Jinrong pointed out that the Chinese Communist Party sanctions Canadian individuals and institutions, not against government officials, but against elected members of parliament. For example, Zhuang Wenhao, who submitted a summary report on behalf of the federal Conservative Party that determined that the atrocities committed by the CCP in Xinjiang constituted crimes against humanity and genocide, has the official title of Member of Parliament in Parliament, not government official.
The CCP’s move amounts to sanctioning the voice of voters
Zhao Jinrong analyzed that the Chinese Communist Party’s intent in doing so bent on retaliation was to carry out retaliation specifically against the Canadian Parliament’s International Human Rights Subcommittee for its recent human rights report on the Xinjiang Uighur people.
He said that the Chinese Communist Party was so annoyed with the high 226:0 vote in the Canadian Parliament to pass the Xinjiang human rights motion that it went out of its way to sanction public opinion representatives representing their constituencies to vent their anger, which is equivalent to sanctioning Canada’s voters and popular voices, because members of Parliament are the ones who speak out for their constituents in Ottawa.
This Xinjiang Human Rights Report, the Chinese Communist Party’s atrocities against Uighurs and East Turkestan Muslims in Xinjiang, qualify as crimes against humanity and mass extermination as defined in the 1948 UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Mass Extermination.
On February 22, the Canadian Parliament passed a bill with a high vote that found the CCP guilty of committing mass extermination against the Uighurs in Xinjiang. Zhuang Wenhao is one of the bill’s sponsors and the vice chair of the Canadian Parliament’s Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development.
Canada’s Nationalists: Sanctions Unacceptable
When the Chinese Communist Party announced the sanctions, Canadian MP Wen-Hao Chuang immediately responded by saying he would treat the Communist sanctions as a badge of honor. “If it means the Chinese Communist Party is sanctioning me, I will see it as a badge of honor to wear.”
On March 27, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the Chinese Communist Party’s sanctions against two U.S. officials and a Canadian lawmaker were unacceptable and vowed to continue defending human rights.
Erin O’Toole, leader of Canada’s largest opposition party, the Conservative Party, issued a statement saying, “The Canadian MP sanctioned by the Chinese Communist Party used the freedoms we enjoy as Canadians to call the world’s attention to the genocide against Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang. “
“Zhuang Wenhao and Zhao Jinrong also demonstrated how Canadians of Chinese ancestry can firmly criticize the Communist Party’s repressive practices while taking pride in China’s rich (traditional) history and culture.”
Canadian Foreign Minister Marc Garneau also issued a statement, “China’s (Communist) sanctions against Canadian parliamentarians and democratic institutions are unacceptable and an attack on transparency and freedom of expression.”
On the same day, NDP MP Kwan Wai-ching issued a statement expressing her support and solidarity with Chuang Wen-ho and the International Human Rights Commission of the Canadian Parliament. In the statement, she said that Canadian MPs will not remain silent because of (the CCP’s) intimidation.
In her statement, Kwan said that (the CCP’s move) is a clear indication that the Chinese (Communist) State is trying to silence Canadian MPs and their institutions with intimidation and threats. It is also trying to attack the democratic rights and freedoms of Canadians and their institutions.
Canada is a democracy that values the constitutional rights of its people,” she said. As elected representatives, our parliamentarians have the right to do this work in an environment free from intimidation and fear. We also have an obligation to speak out and take action against violations of international human rights.”
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