The Chinese government has so far shown little of the rage that has permeated its posture toward Canada over the past 18 months
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Even the Global Times, the nationalistic tabloid backed by the Communist Party, showed signs of restraint.Shortly after the court ruled against arguments from Ms. Meng that she should be discharged from the extradition process, the newspaper warned in two articles that the “worst-ever” period between Canada and China was about to begin and fulminated against the “outrageously wrong” decision.
“What we are most likely to see is a stagnation, a lack of change from either side in Canada-China relations.” Meanwhile, the trade war between Beijing and Washington has grown more punishing, The U.S. is preparing new punitive measures against Chinese companies and officials in response to the mass incarceration of Uyghur people and the imposition of a national-security law on Hong Kong.
The Chinese leader “at some level probably thought that Mr. Ren had brought a lot of this on himself, with his shadowy non-public way of operating.” Until Ms. Meng was arrested, Mr. Ren rarely gave interviews.
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