• DOI:10.1177/002070200105600201
Corpus ID: 143290280

Falungong and Canada's China Policy

@article{Ownby2001FalungongAC,
  title={Falungong and Canada's China Policy},
  author={D. Ownby},
  journal={International Journal},
  year={2001},
  volume={56},
  pages={183 - 204}
}

• D. Ownby
• Published 2001
• Sociology
• International Journal

ZHANG KUNLUN, A FORMER MCGILL UNIVERSITY visiting professor who holds both Canadian and Chinese passports, returned to China on his Chinese passport in 1996 to take care of his ailing mother-in-law. In July 2000, he was detained for one month for performing Falungong exercises in a public park. He was detained again in October, and, in November, he was arrested and sentenced to three years in a labour camp. Luckily for Zhang, family and friends in Canada mobilized, among others, Irwin Cotler, a… Expand

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