On China, Local Representatives Are Speaking Up Where Other Officials Aren’t

Rally organizer Kenneth Tung addresses demonstrators gathered in front of the Chinese Consulate in Vancouver in support of pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong on June 9, 2019. Don MacKinnon/AFP via Getty Image

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As a municipal politician, Brad West, the mayor of Port Coquitlam, B.C., sees it as his job to speak up when people in his community get hounded by the Chinese regime.