Pro-Beijing Groups Bought up Medical Supplies to Ship to China, Leaving Canada Short

Pro-Beijing Groups Bought up Medical Supplies to Ship to China, Leaving Canada Short
Workers transfer medical supplies at a warehouse in Wuhan, China, on Feb. 4, 2020. STR/AFP via Getty Images
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While Canadian health professionals continue to struggle with a shortage of vital medical supplies in the face of the pandemic, it has come to light that several pro-Beijing groups in Canada shipped large amounts of masks and other personal protective equipment to China in late January and throughout February following calls to do so by the Chinese regime.

According to an article on the website of state-owned China News Service, China’s Foreign Affairs Ministry not only directed the Chinese diaspora in Canada to buy up all available protective equipment and send it back to China, it also convinced some officials from the three levels of government to assist.