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China's President Xi Jinping, left, and Prime Minister Mark Carney. Carney was in China last week, but's hard to believe that almost a decade had passed since a Canadian prime minister had set foot on Chinese soil, writes Sheila Copps. Photographs courtesy Flickr and The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY SHEILA COPPS

January 19, 2026

OTTAWA—It is hard to believe that almost a decade has passed without a Canadian prime minister setting foot on Chinese soil.

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