But there's little consensus on how much observers should read into Xi's words and what they might mean for Canada. And in what appeared to be a rare acknowledgement of China's current international isolation, Xi said the country's diplomats should present the world with "a credible, loveable and respectable China." 'This is a recalibration'The full text of Xi's speech doesn't appear to have been widely shared, said Gordon Houlden, who heads the China Institute at the University of Alberta. "But I've seen some pretty fulsome readings of it, which I think is about the best we'll get," he said. "I don't see this having any impact, for example, on Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor.

Source: CBC News June 03, 2021 20:26 UTC