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> How many times has China threatened Canada with invasion, taking over whole country? And US? Something about infinity. Speaking as a Canadian, China is no fr
by throw0101d 2y ago
> How many times has China threatened Canada with invasion, taking over whole country? And US? Something about infinity.
Speaking as a Canadian, China is no friend of Canada:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detention_of_Michael_Spavor_and_Michael_Kovrig https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detention_of_Michael_Spavor_an...
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_government_interference_in_Canada https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_government_interferenc...
- jajko 2y agoI wasn't claiming they are saint, but almost if not every country in the world could have same wikipedia with US meddling. Or russian. That's the core of secret services work. Did they ever threatened to annex Canada? Sort of more important than some minor bribes or espionage IMHO.
- bhouston 2y ago> Speaking as a Canadian, China is no friend of Canada: You need to put things in perspective here. I am no fan of China but we have to turn away from the US. US tariffs are expected to cut our GDP by 3% / $63B [1], enter us into a recession, and increase unemployment by 2% / 440K jobs [2]. [1] https://www.edwardjones.ca/ca-en/market-news-insights/stock-market-news/market-pulse/potential-tariff-impact https://www.edwardjones.ca/ca-en/market-news-insights/stock-... [2] https://thoughtleadership.rbc.com/u-s-tariffs-on-canada-take-effect-what-is-the-state-of-play/ https://thoughtleadership.rbc.com/u-s-tariffs-on-canada-take... These are serious economic effects. And if Trump stays focused on annexation, it is likely to get worse if he really does want to bring us to our knees.
- hello_moto 2y agoThose two michael were detained because Canada detained Chinese national under US ask.