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Chinese Ambassador, Victoria Mayor Discuss Deepening of Sister-City Partnerships

July 8, 2023
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The Chinese ambassador to Canada and the mayor of Victoria, B.C., recently met to discuss how to deepen relationships between China and the B.C. capital through platforms such as “friendship cities.” The move came as a number of governments around the world are severing such subnational ties with the communist regime, which are also called…

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China Expels Canadian Diplomat in Tit-for-Tat Dispute

May 9, 2023
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Ottawa is accusing a Chinese diplomat of targeting a Canadian lawmaker who’s critical of China’s human rights records. Beijing retaliated, ousting a Canadian diplomat. The two nations have clashed since the detention of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou in 2018, and Beijing’s subsequent arrest of two Canadians on espionage charges. Topics in this episode: China Expels…

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English City of Newcastle Severs Ties With Chinese Twin City

November 3, 2022
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Councillors in Newcastle, United Kingdom, on Wednesday voted unanimously to cut ties with the city’s Chinese twin city Taiyuan over human rights abuses in the communist country. It’s the first decoupling of Western and Chinese twin cities after 19 Hong Kong diasporic groups launched a global campaign in July calling on more than 100 cities in…

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Beijing Objects to Vancouver’s Plan to Form Partnership With Taiwanese City

November 12, 2021
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Beijing is objecting to the City of Vancouver’s plan to form a special relationship with the City of Kaohsiung in Taiwan, as the communist regime continues to isolate the democratic island nation on the international stage.  In September, Vancouver City Council adopted a motion proposed by Mayor Kennedy Stewart to form a Friendship City Program, a…

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Anaheim Commissioner Removed After Blaming CCP for Pandemic 

April 28, 2021
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Anaheim city council stripped a commissioner of his title after comments he made about the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) virus. Council unanimously voted to remove Larry Larson’s commissioner status from the sister cities commission during an April 27 city council meeting. “They’re going to destroy me and my reputation, kick me off sister cities—which you voted to put me on—because…

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Anaheim Commissioner Removed After Refusing to Partner With Chinese City

April 28, 2021
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Anaheim city council stripped a commissioner of his title for comments he made after refusing to partner with a Chinese city. Council unanimously voted to remove Larry Larson’s commissioner status from the sister cities commission during an April 27 city council meeting. “They’re going to destroy me and my reputation, kick me off sister cities—which you voted to…

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