Margaret McCuaig-Johnston

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Chinese President Xi Jinping participate in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Bangkok on Nov. 18, 2022, three days after their public confrontation at a G20 meeting in Indonesia. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

5 ways for Canada to tackle Chinese interference after the Trudeau‑Xi showdown

The federal government and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are showing courage in standing up publicly to China. But words must be matched with serious action.
Activists hold slogans as they protest against Chinese aggression in the South China Sea outside the Chinese consulate in Makati, Philippines in November 2021. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

As China flexes its muscles in the Indo‑Pacific, Canada and Australia must step up

China is posing many challenges to the Indo-Pacific region in 2022. How should Canada and Australia respond?
Le premier ministre Justin Trudeau rencontre le président chinois Xi Jinping à la Maison des hôtes d’État de Diaoyutai, à Beijing, en décembre 2017. La Presse canadienne/Sean Kilpatrick

Le Canada doit revoir sa stratégie avec la Chine et s’inspirer de l’Australie

Le Canada brille par son absence dans le nouveau pacte de sécurité signé par les États-Unis, le Royaume-Uni et l’Australie sur la Chine. Est-il temps pour le Canada de s’inspirer de l’Australie ?
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing in December 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Why have Canada and Australia taken such a different approach to China?

Canada is conspicuously absent from the new security pact signed between the U.S., the U.K. and Australia on China. Is it time for Canada to take a page from the Australian playbook on managing China?
Sur cette photo de décembre 2019, on voit des personnes masquées à Hong Kong lors d'un rassemblement pour soutenir les Ouïghours et leur lutte pour les droits de la personne en Chine. AP Photo/Lee Jin-man

La Chine ne doit pas façonner l’avenir des droits de la personne à l’ONU

Dans les mois à venir, la Chine aura le pouvoir de nommer ou non des enquêteurs mondiaux de l'ONU sur la liberté d'expression, les disparitions forcées, la détention arbitraire et la santé.
In this December 2019 photo, people wearing masks in Hong Kong are seen during a rally to show support for Uighurs and their fight for human rights in China. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

China must not shape the future of human rights at the UN

In the coming months, China will have the power to appoint or nix global UN investigators on freedom of speech, enforced disappearances, arbitrary detention and health.

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