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Podcast: The LeDrew Three Minute Interview
Episode: Charles Burton Warns Canada on China Policy
Description: In today’s three-minute interview, Stephen LeDrew speaks with China expert Charles Burton, author of The Beaver and the Dragon - How China Outmaneuvered Canada’s Diplomacy, Security, and Sovereignty.Burton explains why Canada continues to misread Beijing’s intentions, and why recent diplomatic outreach risks repeating the same mistakes. While some argue that closer engagement with China could offset economic pressure from the United States, Burton lays out why that assumption does not hold up - economically, strategically, or politically.The discussion covers Canada’s limited trade exposure to China, the failure to enfor...