Are the Conservatives Softening on Human Rights in China?

As the government sends more and more officials to China on high-level visits, the Chinese dissident community in Canada is increasingly concerned that Canada’s position on human rights in China has weakened.
Are the Conservatives Softening on Human Rights in China?
Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his wife, Laureen, visit the Forbidden City in Beijing, China. PMO photo by Jason Ransom
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<a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/20091204_PM_and_Mrs._Harper_in_China_medium.jpeg"><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/20091204_PM_and_Mrs._Harper_in_China_medium.jpeg" alt="Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his wife, Laureen, visit the Forbidden City in Beijing, China, on Dec. 4, 2009. Chinese leader Hu Jintao is expected to visit Vancouver, Ottawa, and Toronto later this month as part of his trip to attend the G20 summit in Toronto on June 26-27. (PMO photo by Jason Ransom)" title="Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his wife, Laureen, visit the Forbidden City in Beijing, China, on Dec. 4, 2009. Chinese leader Hu Jintao is expected to visit Vancouver, Ottawa, and Toronto later this month as part of his trip to attend the G20 summit in Toronto on June 26-27. (PMO photo by Jason Ransom)" width="320" class="size-medium wp-image-107035"/></a>
Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his wife, Laureen, visit the Forbidden City in Beijing, China, on Dec. 4, 2009. Chinese leader Hu Jintao is expected to visit Vancouver, Ottawa, and Toronto later this month as part of his trip to attend the G20 summit in Toronto on June 26-27. (PMO photo by Jason Ransom)
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Matthew Little is a senior editor with Epoch Health.
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