EPISODE · Nov 28, 2022 · 48 MIN
The truth in Xi's 'very naive' insult to Trudeau
from Full Comment · host Postmedia
Agents of Beijing are reportedly meddling in our elections. Chinese spies have been caught infiltrating our institutions. China runs police stations on Canadian soil. When Chinese President Xi Jinping insulted Canada's prime minister recently, calling Justin Trudeau "very naive," he wasn't kidding, as Charles Burton, a long-time China scholar who served at Canada's embassy in Beijing, discusses with guest host Jackson Doughart. Xi will keep exhibiting his dominance over a Canadian government that has allowed itself to get played again and again by Beijing, explains Burton. But the Liberals might finally be ready to abandon their credulous China policy, if only because they have no choice. (Recorded November 24, 2022) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Agents of Beijing are reportedly meddling in our elections. Chinese spies have been caught infiltrating our institutions. China runs police stations on Canadian soil. When Chinese President Xi Jinping insulted Canada's prime minister recently, calling Justin Trudeau "very naive," he wasn't kidding, as Charles Burton, a long-time China scholar who served at Canada's embassy in Beijing, discusses with guest host Jackson Doughart. Xi will keep exhibiting his dominance over a Canadian government that has allowed itself to get played again and again by Beijing, explains Burton. But the Liberals might finally be ready to abandon their credulous China policy, if only because they have no choice. (Recorded November 24, 2022) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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