During an anti-discrimination rally on Parliament Hill, demonstrators played the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) anthem, which includes a pledge of allegiance to “Mao Zedong's flag,” according to a pro-democracy China media monitor..On June 24, the newsletter Found In Translation released a Chinese-language video showcasing protesters marching toward Parliament to participate in a rally supported by two senators. .According to Blacklock’s Reporter, the purpose of the demonstration was to observe the 1923 Chinese Exclusion Act, which imposed restrictions on Asian immigration..A senator, who expressed support for the demonstration, did not mention the Communist anthem..“Thousands of Chinese Canadians from across Canada have descended on Parliament Hill for a peaceful remembrance of the Chinese Exclusion Act and to give voice to the interests of the community,” Sen. Yuen Pau Woo (BC) wrote in a Twitter post. .“Say no to stigmatization.”.According to a speech reported by Found In Translation, Sen. Victor Oh (ON), who also supported the rally, encouraged protesters to “bring Canadian flags and English banners only.” There were no Chinese flags observed during the protest..However, a Found In Translation video showed one group saluting and marching up Parliament Hill to the official anthem of the PLA. .The group marched in unison wearing the official 2008 uniforms of China’s Olympic team. It was not known if the marchers were employees of the Chinese Embassy. .Lyrics to the PLA anthem state:.Fearless, unyielding, heroically fight until we exterminate all counter-revolutionaries.Mao Zedong’s flag is fluttering high.Listen! The wind is roaring and the bugle is sounding.Listen! How thunderously our revolutionary song is roaring.Comrades, march forth, united to the battlefields of liberation.Comrades, march forth, united to the frontiers of our nation.On March 31, Victor Ho, a retired editor of Sing Tao Daily, provided testimony at the Commons Ethics committee. .Ho stated that foreign agents often focused on promoting the issue of anti-Asian discrimination in Canada..“For example, in the COVID-19 era, they spread the ‘anti-Asian hate’ campaign,” testified Ho. .“This was a national campaign, even a transnational campaign in the United States, the anti-Asian hate campaign.”.“It cast the agenda as a racial issue rather than a pandemic or public health issue,” testified Ho. .“In the election period, they just colour the entire opposition views in the Chinese community, the anti-Party commentary, as a racial problem.”.“Is this something that, because it is often in languages many Canadians wouldn’t understand — Mandarin, Cantonese — it hides in plain sight?” asked Conservative MP Damien Kurek (Battle River-Crowfoot, AB). .“Oh yes,” replied Ho. .“This is an ethnic language problem. In mainstream society, they have no idea what is happening in our Chinese community.”
