Human rights advocacy groups are expressing concern about the implications of a potential sister city agreement between Prince George, B.C., and Jiangmen, China, after the Canadian municipality welcomed representatives from the Chinese city last week.
The City of Prince George says representatives from the city of Jiangmen in Guangdong province, southern China, visited last week to “tour the community and consider establishing a sister city agreement.”
Sister city agreements are formal partnerships between municipalities in different countries that support economic development, trade, cultural and educational exchange, tourism, and international collaboration, Prince George noted in a May 11 news release.
The city also noted that a sister city agreement “does not create an automatic financial obligation.”…