As Carney engages China, beware the bogeyman tropes

The threat of Chinese foreign interference is exaggerated and used as a scare tactic to resist better relations with Beijing.

Critics of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s efforts to re-establish Canada-China relations are trotting out the same misdirections. While China is not the solution to Canada's problems, it can be part of a solution to many of them, writes Senator Yuen Pau Woo.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ISG SENATOR YUEN PAU WOO

January 12, 2026

The biggest challenge facing Prime Minister Mark Carney when he travels to the People's Republic of China this week is not the obstructionism of Chinese officials, but the determination of some Canadians to ensure that he fails in his mission.

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