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Two Toronto-based politicians are pressing a Chinese-Canadian doctor to remove a sign on his office door â in Chinese â that refers to COVID-19 as the âWuhan pneumonia,â complaining the wording could incite anti-Asian hatred.
The English part of the sign, which explained Dr. Kester Kongâs office protocol during the pandemic, referred only to COVID.
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The incident raises thorny questions about when citing the coronavirusâs origins constitutes a form of racism, and whether it makes any difference if the audience is Asian itself.
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Two Toronto-based politicians are pressing a Chinese-Canadian doctor to remove a sign on his office door â in Chinese â that refers to COVID-19 as the âWuhan pneumonia,â complaining the wording could incite anti-Asian hatred.
The English part of the sign, which explained Dr. Kester Kongâs office protocol during the pandemic, referred only to COVID.
We apologize, but this video has failed to load.
Try refreshing your browser, or Wuhan pneumoniaâ: Ontario MPPs urge Chinese-Canadian doctor to remove âdivisiveâ sign Back to video
The incident raises thorny questions about when citing the coronavirusâs origins constitutes a form of racism, and whether it makes any difference if the audience is Asian itself.
So, this is where we are right now from a moral standpoint.
The Toronto Association for Democracy in China was among a coalition of 180 rights groups, including several based in Canada, that called for a boycott Wednesday of next year s Beijing Winter Olympics.
The Games are set to open Feb. 4, 2022, despite the global pandemic.
Wednesday s call to boycott is around reported human rights abuses against ethnic minorities in China, and coalition is composed of groups representing Tibetans, Uighurs, Inner Mongolians, residents of Hong Kong and others.
The group issued an open letter to governments to support a boycott to ensure they are not used to embolden the Chinese government’s appalling rights abuses and crackdowns on dissent.
TORONTO - Cheuk Kwan wants the world to remember what happened after numerous countries considered boycotting the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, but eventually ag