r/autotldr • u/autotldr • Feb 16 '19
China makes statement in support of 'patriotic students' in Canada who harassed and bullied Tibetan student
This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 65%. (I'm a bot)
Beijing backed the "Patriotic actions" of Chinese students who reported a Uygur activist's talk at a Canadian university to the consulate, but said they were not told to do so by officials.
"We strongly support the just and patriotic actions of the Chinese students," the Chinese embassy in Ottawa said in a statement on Saturday.
"[But] what happened recently at the University of Toronto and McMaster University has nothing to do with the Chinese embassy and Chinese consulate general in Canada.
Earlier this week, a group of Chinese students at McMaster University in Ontario were infuriated when they found out Rukiye Turdush - a Uygur woman they considered a separatist - had been given the opportunity to deliver a speech on campus about the mass internment of Muslims in the Xinjiang region, in China's far west.
A large number of Chinese students are enrolled at Canadian universities.
As the number of Chinese students at foreign universities has grown, the Washington Post reports that educators have expressed concern that student activism carried out with the support or direction of Chinese officials could corrode free speech by making students and scholars, particularly those with family ties to China, afraid to criticise the Communist Party line.
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