US EditionCalls for caution as Carney prepares to meet Xi amid new global political order
Mark Carney aims to revive Canada-China trade and address human rights and foreign interference concerns during his first prime ministerial visit in nearly a decade.
- On Jan. 13, Prime Minister Mark Carney begins a visit to China to meet President Xi Jinping, running Jan. 13 to 17 and building on their Oct. 31 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum meeting.
- Facing a different world political order compared with nine years ago, Canada seeks economic alternatives because it "cannot rely on the U.S., so we have to open up a new relationship and new market for Canada," Carney said.
- Longstanding retaliatory moves frame talks as Ottawa and Beijing impose 100-per-cent tariffs on key goods amid unresolved Meng Wanzhou case since 2018.
- Advocates and security officials say Carney must raise human-rights and interference concerns openly as Thekla Lit warned human rights risk becoming a 'footnote' and CSIS cautioned China stifles criticism and manipulates Canadian communities.
- Calls for public accountability and warnings against kowtowing frame the political debate at home, as Canadian public accountability advocates criticize quiet diplomacy and Albert Chan Wai-yip says direct talks benefit Saskatchewan and Manitoba producers.
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Calls for caution as Carney prepares to meet Xi amid new global political order
Former Hong Kong pro-democracy legislator Albert Chan Wai-yip is a longtime critic of China, who has accused its government of “crimes against humanity” after a crackdown on dissent in the Chinese special administrative region.
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The visit will take place from 13 to 17 January and will follow the first meeting in October. The post The Chinese Diaspora calls for caution before the Carney-Xi appeared first on Les Affaires.
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