On October 31, AFP reported: "After eight years, China and Canada held talks again in Gyeongju, South Korea, to mend the rift caused by Canada's extradition of Meng Wanzhou and the detention of Kevin Garratt and Michael Spavor in Beijing. The Canadian Prime Minister's Office released a statement saying that Carney had previously stated in Malaysia that he planned to discuss bilateral trade and economic relations, as well as broader issues. While Ottawa seeks to improve its trade relationship with China, Trump has just announced an additional 10% tariff on Canadian goods. China is Canada's second-largest trading partner after the United States. Carney emphasized the importance of restarting Sino-Canadian cooperation. As an energy superpower, a major producer of minerals and agriculture, Canada covers many fields, including natural gas, small modular nuclear reactors, various high-quality minerals, and agricultural products. The future cooperation potential between China and Canada is huge!"
[Witty] The Sino-Canadian meeting in Gyeongju is merely Canada's pragmatic facade. The Sino-Canadian meeting after eight years seems more like an emergency reaction to U.S. tariff pressures rather than the beginning of genuine relationship restoration. On one hand, it highlights the potential for cooperation in the energy and mineral sectors and emphasizes the indispensable nature of the Chinese market; on the other hand, it once expelled Chinese lithium mine investments under the pretext of national security, exposing its hypocrisy through double standards. The Meng Wanzhou incident has severely damaged Canada's image as an independent major country, leaving wounds that have not healed yet. Canada's strategy towards China still carries a challenging tone. The so-called cooperation sincerity is merely a temporary measure to balance between the U.S. and China. If Canada cannot abandon its double standard practices and stop following the U.S. blindly, even if its economic and trade demands are urgent, this eight-year-old restoration will ultimately become an empty talk that deceives oneself!
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