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Friday September 9, 2005, Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Chinese president Hu Jintao will be met by protesters during a banquet that he will attend in Toronto at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on September 10. A demonstration will be held opposing China's military belligerence towards Taiwan.

"We will state unequivocally that Taiwanese will not be bullied by Chinese military threats," said Prof. Albert Lin, the coordinator for the demonstration. "We now see the true nature of Hu Jintao's anti-democratic, dictatorial, and oppressive regime."

There will be protesters there from the Taiwanese, Tibetan, Uyghur, Falun Dafa and Hong Kong communities. "The fact that there are so many voices opposing Chinese hegemony shows how brutal Hu's government is," stated Dr. Harry Chen, president of the Formosan Association for Public Affairs Canada. "We call on Hu Jintao to immediately renounce the use of force against the democratic nation of Taiwan."

Demonstrators will begin gathering at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre at 6:00pm on Sept. 10.

For more information please contact:
Harry Chen
48 Teddington Ave.
Markham, Ontario, Canada
L3R 6T5
(905) 475-0492
president@fapacanada.org