Not only did Trump not pressure Xi on the detainees, he appears to have benefited from Canada’s predicament. Yet, Canada could play the same strategic game as the Chinese. Canada’s former ambassador to China, David Mulroney, suggested a “long overdue” re-assessment of our relationship with Taiwan. A re-assessment by Canada of its “one China” policy, which recognizes the PRC claim that the mainland and Taiwan belong to one China, would surely be noticed in Beijing. Were Canada to relax the “one China” policy, it is a relationship that could flourish further.

Source: National Post July 02, 2019 22:52 UTC