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A row brought by China over Canadian t-shirts bearing an altered logo of hip-hop group the Wu-Tang Clan has been reignited.
On Wednesday, China s Foreign Ministry said it didn t buy Canada s explanation from a few days earlier the shirts were not an insult linked to the coronavirus.
Canada s Foreign Ministry said the shirts using the W logo of the Wu-Tang Clan, but with the group s name replaced with Wuhan , was not intended as a slight. It apologised for any misunderstanding.
The Chinese-made t-shirts were reportedly ordered last northern summer by someone at the Canadian embassy in Beijing and word of them began circulating recently on the internet in China.
Western alarm: Canada says Hong Kong trying to enforce single nationality on its citizens
Under Chinese law, dual nationality is not legally recognised in Hong Kong and authorities may refuse to grant consular access to those who retain Hong Kong or Chinese passports.
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, British National Overseas passports (BNO) and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People s Republic of China passports are displayed here. (Photo | AP) By AFP
HONG KONG: Canada, Britain and the United States have expressed alarm after Ottawa revealed authorities in Hong Kong forced a dual citizen to choose one nationality, enforcing what they said was a little-used regulation for the first time in decades.
Wu-Tang Clan T-shirts Are Infuriating Chinese Officials Billboard 2/4/2021 Wu-Tang Clan
A ruckus brought by China over Canadian T-shirts bearing an altered logo of the New York hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan continued Wednesday (Feb. 3), with China’s Foreign Ministry saying it didn’t buy Canada’s explanation that the shirts were not an insult linked to the coronavirus.
Canada’s Foreign Ministry said this week that the shirts using the “W” logo of the Wu-Tang Clan but with the group’s name replaced with “Wuhan” was not intended as a slight. It apologized for any misunderstanding.
The Chinese-made T-shirts were reportedly ordered last summer by someone at the Canadian Embassy in Beijing and word of them began circulating recently on the internet in China.
Western Alarm As Canada Says Hong Kong Enforcing Single Nationality By Su Xinqi and Jerome Taylor
02/03/21 AT 9:54 PM
Canada, Britain and the United States have expressed alarm after Ottawa revealed authorities in Hong Kong forced a dual citizen to choose one nationality, enforcing what they said was a little-used regulation for the first time in decades.
Canada s foreign affairs department said on Tuesday that a dual-national in prison in Hong Kong was required to make a declaration of nationality on January 18. We are aware of more such incidences involving dual nationals of other countries, a Global Affairs Canada spokesperson told AFP.
Traditionally considered under the purview of voluntary
Corporate Social Responsibility (
CSR ),
Environmental, Social and Governance
(
ESG ) norms or soft law ,
addressing human rights concerns when doing business abroad is
quickly becoming a legal imperative for companies engaged in supply
chain management across all industries and sectors, including
retail and consumer products, technology, financial services,
mining, oil and gas, and manufacturing.
Following the recent global regulatory focus on supply chain
risks and related compliance strategies, Global Affairs Canada
(
GAC ) and the Canadian Trade
Commission Service have issued several measures (the
Measures ), along with a related advisory (the
Advisory ) to Canadian businesses