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There’s a misguided narrative of victimhood that’s being attached to Prime Minister Mark Carney’s willingness to engage with President Xi Jinping’s China, writes Wenran Jiang. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY WENRAN JIANG

June 18, 2025

Critics advancing the “abuse victim” narrative contend that Canada’s re-engagement with China ignores coercive patterns: arbitrar...

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