Chinese communist leader Hu Jintao is set to visit Canada later this month for an extended visit across Canada before the G8 and G20 summits.
According to Chinese media reports, Hu will likely visit Vancouver on June 21, and will arrive in Ottawa June 23 and leave June 25 for the G20 in Toronto.
The Prime Minister’s Office has sent out an email to Conservative MPs and senators asking for suggestions for people to attend an invite-only event with the leader scheduled on June 24.
That dinner will fall on the same day as a banquet/forum being organized by the powerful, pro-Beijing business group, the Canada China Business Council.
That group promises that the private banquet will offer attendees access to “the most high-profile and important Chinese c-suite [most senior] executives.” A list of delegates published on their websites shows senior executives from dozens of Chinese companies. Hu himself has attended similar events by the group in the past.
Besides his welcome dinner(s) in Ottawa, the leader can expect a nationalistic crowd of Chinese students to cheer him on.
The Chinese embassy is organizing Chinese students from across Canada for a rally on Parliament Hill and promising free breakfast, lunch, dinner, as well as a T-shirt and hat to those who attend.
Buses will pick up students in Montreal and Ottawa and likely Toronto for a free ride, with everything being orchestrated in the name of celebrating the 40-year anniversary of the two nations establishing diplomatic relations.
At some past visits of Chinese officials, tight security and organized pro-Beijing crowds worked to keep protesters out of sight for Chinese leaders, and from Chinese state-run media capturing the visit. But it will likely prove difficult for Hu to avoid seeing banners, flags, and shouts opposing the regime’s human rights abuses.
Falun Gong practitioners in Ottawa say they are organizing events to draw attention to the more than 10 years of persecution of their group by the communist regime, calling on Hu to end the atrocities.
According to Chinese media reports, Hu will likely visit Vancouver on June 21, and will arrive in Ottawa June 23 and leave June 25 for the G20 in Toronto.
The Prime Minister’s Office has sent out an email to Conservative MPs and senators asking for suggestions for people to attend an invite-only event with the leader scheduled on June 24.
That dinner will fall on the same day as a banquet/forum being organized by the powerful, pro-Beijing business group, the Canada China Business Council.
That group promises that the private banquet will offer attendees access to “the most high-profile and important Chinese c-suite [most senior] executives.” A list of delegates published on their websites shows senior executives from dozens of Chinese companies. Hu himself has attended similar events by the group in the past.
Besides his welcome dinner(s) in Ottawa, the leader can expect a nationalistic crowd of Chinese students to cheer him on.
The Chinese embassy is organizing Chinese students from across Canada for a rally on Parliament Hill and promising free breakfast, lunch, dinner, as well as a T-shirt and hat to those who attend.
Buses will pick up students in Montreal and Ottawa and likely Toronto for a free ride, with everything being orchestrated in the name of celebrating the 40-year anniversary of the two nations establishing diplomatic relations.
At some past visits of Chinese officials, tight security and organized pro-Beijing crowds worked to keep protesters out of sight for Chinese leaders, and from Chinese state-run media capturing the visit. But it will likely prove difficult for Hu to avoid seeing banners, flags, and shouts opposing the regime’s human rights abuses.
Falun Gong practitioners in Ottawa say they are organizing events to draw attention to the more than 10 years of persecution of their group by the communist regime, calling on Hu to end the atrocities.
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