Canada-China Relations committee  Thank you. Yes, I am no expert in this field, but some thoughts do come to mind. The first one is this: Make sure that Canada's consulates and its embassy in China expand their capabilities to monitor human rights abuses, and also make sure that citizens can come to consulates o

Canada-China Relations committee  Thank you for the reminder. I'm sorry about that. I think something that Canada can do—and which I'm hoping that more governments will also do—is issue a travel warning or travel advisory for travel to China. I also realize that your question concerns abductions in Canada. I th

Canada-China Relations committee  I'll be very brief. What happened to my father—being abducted from Thailand—was unprecedented then. Based on that, I think it's reasonable to assume, given China's expansion of its repression of human rights, that abductions may happen in the future in countries like Canada or o

Canada-China Relations committee  There was a European Parliament resolution—there have been two, I believe. I don't think they mentioned the violation of the Vienna convention specifically. I may be wrong, but to the best of my recollection, I don't think so.

Canada-China Relations committee  Yes.

Canada-China Relations committee  Thank you. This is something I have worried about daily for entire five years I have been doing this. Like Mr. Law, I don't travel to many places that I wish I could travel to but where China has influence. I have been subjected to many intimidation attempts here in the U.K., wh

Canada-China Relations committee  Thank you, also, for sharing your family's story. This ties into the second question, I think, that I was asked as well, about potentially making concessions. My experience has been that Sweden has been hesitant in its response to China's violations of my father's human rights,

Canada-China Relations committee  Thank you. I think those are all excellent questions and points. I can start by addressing the point about my father's abduction from Thailand in 2015. Yes, I personally believe, although it hasn't been conclusively shown, that Thai authorities were complicit in the abduction of

Canada-China Relations committee  Thank you. I very much second what has been said. I think it's very important, too, that strategic alliances be formed between like-minded liberal democracies. For this to be realistic, in that it will have an effect, much more effort needs to be put into organizing high-level o

Canada-China Relations committee  Thank you. That's an important question. I think that there are multiple layers to your question. There's a sense in which my decision to be here and advocate as I am is a personal decision that I think goes to multiple levels, which is why I'm talking about it. I don't believ

Canada-China Relations committee  Those are all very pertinent questions, and I'm happy to answer them. Yes, one should definitely be concerned about the risk of Canadian citizens being abducted in third countries, and also having their citizenship denied and potentially changed, as in the case of my father. Wha

Canada-China Relations committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and members of the committee. I am grateful for this committee's concern for the situation in Hong Kong, and I feel honoured to be invited to give evidence here today. I'm the daughter of Swedish national Gui Minhai, one of five Hong Kong-based booksellers w