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Trudeau Tries to Play Catch-Up on China’s Interference, but Is Chasing His Own Tail

Trudeau Tries to Play Catch-Up on China’s Interference, but Is Chasing His Own Tail
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks with Chinese Leader Xi Jinping at the G20 Leaders' Summit in Bali, Indonesia, on Nov. 15, 2022. Adam Scotti/Prime Minister's Office/Handout via Reuters
Anders Corr
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Canada is in the global spotlight, again. A reporter at the G20 meeting in Bali captured Chinese leader Xi Jinping threatening Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over leaks of an earlier meeting between the two, in which Trudeau reportedly confronted Xi with intelligence leaks to the media about China’s election interference.
Anders Corr
Anders Corr
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Anders Corr has a bachelor's/master's in political science from Yale University (2001) and a doctorate in government from Harvard University (2008). He is a principal at Corr Analytics Inc. and publisher of the Journal of Political Risk, and has conducted extensive research in North America, Europe, and Asia. His latest books are “The Concentration of Power: Institutionalization, Hierarchy, and Hegemony” (2021) and “Great Powers, Grand Strategies: the New Game in the South China Sea" (2018).
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