Pro-CCP Narratives Dominate Chinese-Language Media in Canada, Intel Report Says

Published on September 26, 2024

Chinese-language media in Canada are playing a key role in promoting pro-Beijing narratives and facilitating censorship within the Chinese diaspora, according to recently released intelligence assessment. Released by the Foreign Interference Commission on Sept. 24, the heavily-redacted report is a joint assessment by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and the Privy Council Office on how the Chinese Communist Party influences Chinese-language media in Canada. “Communist Party of China (CPC)-friendly narratives inundate Chinese-language media in Canada. Censorship (including self-censorship) is pervasive and alternative media voices are few or marginalized in mainstream Chinese-language media,” says the report dated July 2023. This influence extends to traditional outlets such as newspapers as well as online platforms....