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Chinese President Xi Jinping, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin at a summit in Tianjin, China, on Monday.

Re “Friends like these” (Letters, Sept. 4): A letter-writer asks if we are okay trading with China when that country has a cozy relationship with Vladimir Putin.

It seems we have no trouble trading with the United States despite Donald Trump’s cozy relationship with Mr. Putin.

I guess it depends on which we think is the lesser of two evils.

Elizabeth Thompson Oakville, Ont.

Back to basics

Re “Canada making no promises on asylum for Russian dissidents being held in U.S. detention” (Sept. 4): How can the Canadian government expect Canadians, or others, to view it as credible when it claims to lead the opposition to Mr. Putin and

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