L’avocat David Matas dénonce la proximité idéologique entre Radio-Canada et le régime communiste chinois
Radio-Canada/CBC est loin de faire l’unanimité au Canada. Dans une lettre publiée dans le National Post, l’avocat spécialiste des droits de l’homme David Matas tente de cerner pourquoi la société d’État choisit de propager des propos ressemblant à la propagande du régime chinois plutôt que de réfléter les valeurs canadiennes.
When it comes to covering Falun Gong, both the English and French branches of CBC have adopted a view of the world disturbingly similar to that of the Communist Party of China.
Falun Gong is a spiritual movement that combines ancient Chinese traditions, Buddhist and Taoist practices, and qi gong exercises. Founder Li Hongzhi began writing and speaking about Falun Gong in 1992. The movement took off, growing to a Chinese government estimate of 70 to 100 million practitioners by 1999. The growth was partly attributable to encouragement by the Chinese government itself, which was impressed by Falun Gong’s health benefits.
But in 1999 then-President Jiang Zemin — out of jealousy that something an outsider proposed could become so popular while his own “Three Represents” writings languished in confusion and obscurity — spurred the government to ban the practice. To justify the banning, the Communist Party of China (CPC) developed a conspiracy fantasy. All those individuals engaging on their own or in small groups in harmless, indeed healthful, exercises, the CPC alleged, were part of some vast organization aimed at overthrowing communist rule.
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