Canada should avoid relying on China for exporting its goods, as such dependence would leave the country vulnerable to the Chinese regime’s economic coercion, says China scholar and Canadian author Charles Burton.
Burton launched his latest book, “The Beaver and the Dragon: How China Out-Manoeuvred Canada’s Diplomacy, Security, and Sovereignty,” at the Tibetan Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto on Nov. 29.
His new book talks about his own 55-year history with China, where he had previously lived as a student and a diplomat, Burton told Epoch Times sister media outlet NTD at the book launch.
He said that in writing the book, he aims to “do something good for Canada-China relations,” noting that he continues to be concerned about “violations of human rights going on in China today, particularly the Tibetans in Tibet, the Uyghurs, and other groups that are being unfairly treated by the Chinese regime.”…