All Countries Need to Rethink Their Relationship With China: Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister

All Countries Need to Rethink Their Relationship With China: Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister
Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly rises during Question Period, on Dec. 7, 2021 in Ottawa. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
Andrew Chen
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Canada is developing a new China strategy and other countries will likewise need to reassess their relationship with Beijing’s “growing influence,” says Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly.

“There’s a growing influence of China in the world and every single country needs to [make] a decision as to what their relationship will be with China, and what our relationship as a country will be with China, ” Joly said in an interview on Global News’ The West Block program on Jan. 9.