Beijing seeks to control the owners of Chinese-language media in Canada, using them to censor content and suppress viewpoints unfavourable to the regime, a veteran journalist told the Foreign Interference Inquiry.
Victor Ho, former chief editor of Chinese-language newspaper Sing Tao Daily, told the inquiry on Oct. 1 that due to language barriers, immigrants from mainland China have “a universal habit” of consuming news from their home country, making them particularly vulnerable to Beijing’s disinformation and propaganda campaigns.
“The Chinese community in Canada has long been caught in the crosshairs of political discourse, disinformation, and propaganda originating from the Chinese Communist Party,” he said….