(Yang Shu, China’s Consul General in Vancouver, is shown meeting with Canada China Business Council, in this Chinese government website picture)
by Stanley Tromp
June 5, 2025
VANCOUVER — As the United States Secretary of Defense warns that a Chinese invasion of Taiwan may be “imminent” and as elaborate military drills encircle the island, Canadian politicians—including Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim—have been pressured and upbraided by Chinese diplomats to block meetings with Taiwanese officials on Canadian soil, according to documents exclusively obtained by The Bureau.
Despite this pressure, some Canadian politicians and businesspeople are quietly working to expand economic ties with Taiwan.
Documents obtained through a freedom of information request reveal that on November 20, 2024, the City of Vancouver hosted a luncheon and briefing for its international partners in the B.C. Consular Corps at the Pan Pacific Hotel. As Mayor Ken Sim noted in his welcoming remarks, the focus was on affordable housing policy and public safety in the Downtown Eastside.
The next day, Yang Shu, China’s Consul General in Vancouver, wrote to Mayor Sim thanking him for the invitation—but issued a pointed objection.
“I noticed that the Director General of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Vancouver was also invited. This was inappropriate, and the Chinese Consulate expresses its dissatisfaction regarding this,” Yang wrote.
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