A statue of a Canadian PM shaking the blood\u002Dsoaked hand of a Chinese tyrant would be a fitting expression of Canadian policy
Thus a statue of a Canadian prime minister shaking the blood-soaked hand of a Chinese tyrant would have been a fitting expression of Canadian policy.Recall that the greatest crisis in foreign relations for Beijing was the Tiananmen Square massacre of 1989. Would that prevent China’s integration into the world economy and its capacity to project its power abroad?
Next up was Mulroney. One of his last acts before leaving office in June 1993 was to host a dinner at 24 Sussex Drive for Chinese Vice-Premier Zhu Rongji, along with Paul and André Desmarais. Despite post-Tiananmen sanctions, Canada was eager to get back to business as usual. A few months later, Mulroney himself was in China getting on with business.Rex Murphy: China's interference is an outrage.
Thus by 2018, Beijing had every reason to be confident that with another prime minister from Montreal installed in Ottawa, Canada would continue to be agreeable. Then China seized the Two Michaels. While they knew that Justin Trudeau would accept the kidnapping with equanimity, what if he lost power? The plight of the Michaels had made an impression on Canadians, personalizing the gangster state China had become.
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