Events in Canada Targeted by Beijing Face a Growing Wave of Cancellations

A paramilitary guard gestures not to be photographed at the gate of the Forbidden City in Beijing in a file photo. Fred Dufour/AFP via Getty Images

Submitted by Mimi Lee, HongKongers Action Group

The initial cancellation of the six Shen Yun performances at the Four Seasons Centre in Toronto at the end of March due to hoax bomb threats linked to Beijng was not an isolated incident. The shows have since been rescheduled in June thanks to the efforts of organizers. But the initial disruption was the second disruption of a cultural event connected to the Chinese communist regime’s sensitivities in Toronto within a month.