Horgan's Advisor Presides Organization that Supports China's Stance on Taiwan
B.C. Premier's Advisory is President of One of the Organizations.
Shortly after the U.S. House Speaker’s visit to Taiwan, China released a white paper “The Taiwan Question and China's Reunification in the New Era” on August 10, 2022, amidst multiple runs of military drills around the Taiwan Stratis area.
On August 16, 2022, Dawa News, a Chinese-language media outlet in B.C., Canada posted a statement alleging support for China’s newest white paper. The statement is released by dozens of organizations in the Great Vancouver area. The translated version please find below (Translation by Google Translate and DeepL Translator, with minor edits):
Headline: Chinese Canadian Community Unites in Support of the White Paper on "The Taiwan Issue and the Cause of China's Reunification in the New Era
Publication date and time: 2022-8-16
Platform: Dawa News
Original post link: http://dawanews.com/dawa/node3/n5/n18/u1ai52251.html
The Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council and the State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China published a white paper titled "The Taiwan Question and China's Reunification in the New Era" on August 10, further reaffirming the fact and status quo that Taiwan is a part of China, demonstrating the firm will and strong determination of the Chinese government and Chinese people to pursue the reunification of the motherland, and elaborating the positions and policies of the Communist Party of China and the Chinese government to promote the reunification of the motherland in the new era. The Chinese Canadian community jointly issued a statement to firmly support and embrace all efforts made by the motherland to achieve complete reunification in a speedy way, and firmly believe that with the joint efforts of the Chinese government and the 1.4 billion Chinese people, no difficulties will be able to stop the historical process of China's reunification.
On August 2, 2022, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan in defiance of China's strong opposition and solemn representations. The Chinese Canadians strongly condemn and resolutely oppose this move.
Since ancient times, Taiwan has been an inseparable part of China, and the issue of Taiwan is an internal affair of China that absolutely cannot be trampled upon or interfered with by other people with external motives. We Chinese Canadians firmly support the position of the Chinese government and resolutely fight against all external forces that try to split and undermine China's unification. It is the common wish and sacred mission of our Chinese people at home and abroad to realize the great cause of China's reunification. We fully support the necessary measures taken by the Chinese government, and overseas Chinese will not hesitate to stand up for China's national interests and defend the national sovereignty of the Chinese people in times of need in our motherland.
After Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, China has taken a series of legitimate and necessary countermeasures, which are perfectly reasonable, appropriate and proportionate, releasing the signal of resolutely combating the "Taiwan independence" forces, and will definitely have a punitive effect on Tsai Ing-wen's administration, the "Taiwan independence" forces and their supporters. These measures are perfectly reasonable and appropriate, and they release a signal of resolute crackdown on "Taiwan independence" forces. It is the common wish of all Chinese people to solve the Taiwan issue and realize the complete reunification of China. Overseas Chinese will continue to promote the peaceful development of cross-strait relations and look forward to a bright future after the peaceful reunification of China, and to a brighter future for compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
List of the organizations:
August 15, 2022 Vancouver
In Summer 2019, a group of Chinese Canadian organizations released a joint statement supporting CCP’s crack down on Hong Kong’s democratic protest. (https://medium.com/@ufwdyvr/pro-ccp-groups-of-canada-in-2019-8d2acd3598b7). Quite many organizations have appeared on both statements. Canadian Community Service Association (CCSA,加拿大华人联合总会) is one of them.
Harris Niu (牛华), the president of CCSA, is on B.C. Premier’s Chinese-Canadian Community Advisory Committee (https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2018PREM0002-000269).
According to CCSA’s website, CCSA just celebrated its 20th anniversary on July 29, 2022, with a grand party in River Rock Casino Theatre in Richmond, B.C..
Harris Niu, as the first keynote speaker at the event, only listed two titles on his bio on the huge screen on the stage: President of CCSA and Chinese Advisory to B.C. Premier.
According to the CCSA website, the anniversary celebration is supported by the Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in Vancouver.
References:
Full Text: The Taiwan Question and China's Reunification in the New Era
https://english.news.cn/20220810/df9d3b8702154b34bbf1d451b99bf64a/c.html
加拿大华人社团联袂支持《台湾问题与新时代中国统一事业》白皮书
http://dawanews.com/dawa/node3/n5/n18/u1ai52251.html
Premier announces new Chinese-Canadian Community Advisory Committee
https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2018PREM0002-000269