U.S. ally Canada has launched its own Indo-Pacific strategy “to advance Canada’s regional peace and security interests” as a Pacific nation, with indications of a tougher stance against China.

Relations between the Canadian and Chinese governments have been strained after Canada arrested Meng Wanzhou, a senior executive at the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei in 2018 at the request of the U.S. Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou (C) at British Columbia Supreme Court after her extradition hearing ended in her favor, in Vancouver, Sept. 24, 2021. CREDIT: AFP The bilateral tensions were exposed recently on the sidelines of the recent…

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