Canada Says No To China Over Hong Kong Asylum Seekers

Tiffany Meier
By Tiffany Meier
October 17, 2020China in Focus
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Hong Kong’s fight has spread outside the city, too. Now, Canada is joining in.

Beijing has warned Canada not to grant political asylum to Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protesters. China labels them as criminals, saying that if Canada were to take them in, Beijing would consider it an act of interfering with its internal affairs.

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