China-Canada relations

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou waves as she steps out of an airplane after arriving at Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport in Shenzhen, China. (Jin Liwang/Xinhua via AP)

Don’t buy the hogwash about the release of Kovrig and Spavor

Terry Glavin: The sooner Canada dispenses with tales of ‘prisoner swaps’ and ‘diplomatic triangulation,’ the sooner it can have an honest conversation about what this saga revealed

What the winner of this election must do about China, Meng and the two Michaels

Terry Glavin: A thousand days after Kovrig and Spavor were imprisoned, we’re in desperate need of moral clarity in Ottawa

Huawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou leaves her house on her way to a court appearance on January 17, 2020 in Vancouver, Canada. The United States government accused Wanzhou of fraud after HSBC continued trade with Iran while sanctions were in place. (Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images)

Talk of a deal for Meng Wanzhou raises hope—and a lot of wishful thinking

A homecoming for the Michaels seems possible. But offers like the reported one to Meng are standard U.S. practice, and China does not look kindly on co-operating with American prosecutors.

Tedros Adhanom (L), Director General of the World Health Organization, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) prior to their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Jan. 28, 2020. (CP/EPA/Naohiko Hatta)

China was in violation of International Health Regulations. What do we do now?

As we look towards a post-coronavirus world, we must seek accountability for the human toll and economic devastation that this virus has wrought

The Trudeau government’s high noon moment with Beijing

A Senate motion puts the Liberals at a crossroads. Will they break with their party’s entrenched pro-China lobby? Or reward Beijing’s bullying and hostage-taking?

Why Canada isn’t fighting China over canola

This country is ‘a flea on China’s shoulder,’ says one expert, and is best advised to ride the rough patch out

Video: Margaret Trudeau on 1973 trip to China

Behind the scenes of the China mission — 40 years ago

About those pandas: a modest alternative proposal

To reject outright China’s generous offer of exotic creatures for public display would be unwise, of course