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Tag Archives: Charles Burton

Tories urge Parliament to declare genocide in China: Charles Burton on Power & Politics

 Should Canada declare that China's actions against Uyghurs in Xinjiang constitute a genocide? MLI Senior Fellow Charles Burton joined a prime time...

 

February 18, 2021 at 3:09 pm read more

Webinar Panel Video: A Way Forward, Part II - Defending human rights in China

 The world is waking up to the nature of a crony capitalist enterprise operating as a government in charge of 1.3 billion...

 

January 14, 2021 at 4:19 pm read more

Canada must respond to China's harrowing genocide: Tohti and Burton in Ottawa Citizen

If the international community does not condemn China’s campaign against Muslim minorities in Xinjiang province, a precedent will be set and such atrocities...

 

December 10, 2020 at 6:18 pm read more

Kovrig and Spavor’s two-year ordeal and what it means for Canada-China relations: Charles Burton in the Vancouver Sun

Ignorant hubris of CCP's ignoble leaders makes them culpable for deep suffering of these innocent Canadians. But Ottawa has also mismanaged the situation...

 

December 10, 2020 at 5:10 pm read more

U.S. in Talks with Meng Wanzhou: Charles Burton on CTV News

 MLI Senior Fellow Charles Burton joined CTV News to discuss the recent development in the Meng Wanzhou case as the U.S. enters...

 

December 7, 2020 at 7:12 pm read more

Joe Biden is coming – and Beijing should be worried: Charles Burton in the Globe and Mail

China clearly chose the wrong “lesser nation” to try and bully into compliance. Australia is not cracking under pressure, writes Charles Burton.  By...

 

December 4, 2020 at 10:12 pm read more

Canada should manage our China policy more honestly: Charles Burton in the Ottawa Citizen

The federal government has broken off the 5G relationship with Huawei for very good national security reasons, but doesn’t want to incur Beijing’s...

 

November 20, 2020 at 8:05 pm read more

Canada takes note as China gets tough with Australia: Charles Burton in the Toronto Star

China is seizing the moment to launch a full-court press to weaken the Western alliance through economic coercion, starting with drastic measures levelled...

 

November 17, 2020 at 2:49 pm read more

As China’s global actions worsen, Canada looks at its feet: Charles Burton in the Ottawa Citizen

As the intimidation tactics rise, Canada continues to act like a pushover, writes Charles Burton in the Ottawa Citizen.  By Charles Burton, October...

 

October 22, 2020 at 6:23 pm read more

Webinar Panel Video: Hong Kong – A Way Forward: How the free world will respond to Beijing's Crackdown

 From border spats against India, to air incursions over the Taiwan Strait, to increasing assertiveness in the East and South China Seas,...

 

September 23, 2020 at 4:39 pm read more
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