One of the missions of this new alliance, he wrote, would be "confronting the harmful activities of the governments of China and Russia." (Alexei Nikolsky/Sputnik/Associated Press)Hung said the Western alliance, though stretched and tested, is much deeper. Canada faces a choiceFormer Canadian diplomat and China scholar Charles Burton said Canada faces a choice. Perhaps in anticipation of the summit, China has been sending friendly signals to the world in recent days. "So the idea of, well, we're going to Cold War mode and we bump along there until China implodes ….

Source: CBC News June 09, 2021 23:48 UTC