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Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping make their way to their seats after shaking hands at the start of a meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Oct. 31.

Charles Burton is a former diplomat at Canada’s embassy in Beijing, senior fellow at Sinopsis.cz, a China-focused think-tank based in Prague and author of The Beaver and the Dragon: How China Out-Manoeuvred Canada’s Diplomacy, Security and Sovereignty

The remarks by Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Mark Carney ahead of their bilateral meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea last week were shockingly revealing about the changing dynamic between Canada and China .

There’s a lot more being discussed than Ottawa lifting tariffs on Chinese EVs and steel in exchange for China removing tar

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