Last week, two articles regarding our relationship with China came to my attention in the opinion pages of The Globe and Mail.
The first piece, by Minxin Pei, a professor of government at Claremont McKenna College in California, was titled: “Hong Kong must not take a Tiananmen Turn.” The second was by the Globe’s economics reporter David Parkinson and titled: “The US is on a collision course with China - Canada could get hit.” In both cases the writers implied that whether we live in Hong Kong, Canada, or the United States, we need to be very cautious about challenging the Beijing regime, especially with regard to reactions that might disrupt trade and lead to an economic downturn.
