basic assumptions<\/a> undergirding our policy thinking about China were wrong and needed to adjust. The Trudeau government\u2019s strategy took too long and there are outstanding questions about its implementation, but it represents in theory the kind of paradigmatic shift required to bring Canadian policy into line with a realist view of Xi\u2019s China. <\/p>\n\n\n\nThat it also brings us into close alignment with the United States may, however, be just as important for understanding the Trudeau government\u2019s own shift as any other factor. The U.S. is only mentioned four times (compared to 51 times for China) in the 26-page document. But it should be read between the lines on virtually every page. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Canada has clearly chosen sides in the technological and geopolitical rivalry between the U.S. and China that will dominate the coming decades. It\u2019s about time. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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