光看外媒報導此事態度就知遇中自我審查的病症還沒好~路透社不敢放廿五國外交官聲援的照片, 衛報連有廿五國聲援加拿大都沒提, 美聯社只敢把諸國齊聚聲援照片放在17張系列照的末尾(13/14), 法院照警衛照(4/12)都先於外交聲援團體照前.
"美國、日本、德國、英國等25國外交官11日也齊聚加拿大駐中國大使館聲援，人在丹東法院旁聽判決的加拿大大使鮑達民（Dominic Barton）透過視訊表示，此舉是告訴北京「全世界都在看」。"
這手法跟港府遲遲不發台灣駐港人員簽證一樣, 沒想到加拿大媒體也享受到台灣駐港單位的待遇....
"路透報導，加拿大廣播公司新聞網（CBC News）總編輯芬隆（Brodie Fenlon）在部落格發文寫道，過去2年來，CBC已與在加拿大的中國官員針對簽證問題進行無數次交涉，但都沒有達成任何解決方案。"
"台灣今年獲得九十四分，包括在「政治權利」項目獲得三十八分（滿分四十分），「公民自由」項目獲得五十六分（滿分六十分），繼續被列為「自由」國家，與同樣拿到九十四分的冰島、愛沙尼亞、智利與德國，並列第十七名。
中國今年僅獲得九分，其中「政治權利」項目為負二分，「公民自由」項目得到十一分，與二○二二年相同，仍被列入「不自由」國家。"
自由之家對共產黨極權國家沒在客氣的:
"Forced ethnic change is also a matter of official policy for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which aims to deliberately break up the cultures and geographic concentrations of ethnic minority groups in Xinjiang, Tibet, and Inner Mongolia. Among the 57 Not Free countries in the world, China ranks near the absolute bottom in terms of overall political rights and civil liberties. "
"The policy blunders committed by Moscow and Beijing demonstrate that the fallibility of authoritarian governments, and not just their malice, can take an incredibly large toll on human life. Corruption, criminality, and feckless leadership have made the Russian army far more deadly to soldiers and civilians on both sides of the front line, despite the force’s failure to achieve stated war aims. Similarly, the Chinese government’s botched reversal of its procrustean COVID-19 policies may prove even more destructive than the years of brutal lockdowns themselves. Authoritarian shortcomings must be assessed with clear eyes. These regimes are unlikely to govern more effectively than democracies, but their errors are part of what makes them so dangerous."
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2023/marking-50-years
對注重隱私與安全的歐美人士來說，光是申請刺探過度的中國簽證就足以有曝露在危險下的不安感：
＂Applying for a visa to China, if you don’t have one already, is step one. And applicants face longer waits and a more detailed—and intrusive—visa application than in years past, experts said.
The eight-page questionnaire—up from four pages prepandemic—contains questions not just about travel plans, but also about your work history, details of your children and your parents, including their occupation and home addresses, and if you have any ties to charitable, military or social organizations.＂
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-new-rules-for-business-travel-to-china-f476f7b7
這下CBC東亞落腳點只好選在自由度最高的台灣囉.
"While CBC looks for a new home in East Asia, Leblanc will work from a new post in Taiwan for the next two years."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/china-cbc-bureau-shutting-down-1.6637691