Canada’s deep freeze in relations with China mirrors Sweden’s experience

Canada’s historically good relationship with China has also floundered in recent years, and in some ways, mirrors the recent Swedish experience.

Foreign Affairs Minister François-Philippe Champagne, pictured on the Hill during a briefing with reporters. The detention of Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Huawei in Vancouver, on the basis of an extradition request from the United States, has put the relationship in deep freeze, and there are few signs the relationship will return to normal anytime soon.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY GAR PARDY

June 11, 2020

There is a strange if not bizarre court case now underway in Stockholm. The former Swedish ambassador to China, Anna Lindstedt, is on trial for exceeding her authority in providing assista...

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