> to seek security guarantees from China at this point. The Chinese won't provide these guarantees. If you understand Chinese culture and read Chinese history,

> to seek security guarantees from China at this point. The Chinese won't provide these guarantees. If you understand Chinese culture and read Chinese history, you'd realise that the Han are generally not a very militaristic people. (As an example, look into Zheng He and his fleet of massive ships, which he used only for trade and expeditions, and not for colonialism.) They simply don't have the same ambition or interest as the US does in placing boots on the ground and interfering militarily in other countries. (Neither are they interested in imposing their current authoritarian Sino-Marxist system on other nations -- such fears are merely a consequence of projection by the US and the West, which have historically behaved in ideologically dogmatic ways, being quick to judge, condemn, and prescribe, while unwilling and unable to understand different contexts and nuances.) No Chinese parents would tolerate the idea of sending their sons to die defending Canada, a Western country an ocean away with nary any historical and cultural ties to China. And, contrary to what most people here might assume, the CCP does care about what the Chinese people think.