November 29, 2022
November 29, 2022: The Chinese foreign ministry said that Canada’s strategy exaggerates and hypes up the threat from China. China’s Foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said that the Canadian strategy makes groundless accusations against China.
The Indo-Pacific Strategy was released by Canada on Sunday, 27th November 2022. On page 7 of the 26-page document, is the Section on ‘The people’s Republic of China’. Some extracts from it are as follows:
“China is an increasingly disruptive global power.”
“China’s rise, enabled by the same international rules and norms that it now increasingly disregards, has had an enormous impact on the Indo-Pacific….”
“This can be seen in China’s disregard for UN rulings on disputes in the South China Sea, and its actions to further militarize that region and challenge navigation and overflight rights. Canada has experienced, like others, the impact of coercive diplomacy and non-market trade practices, such as forced labour.”
“We see China’s increasing…. Efforts to block the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights’ report on the situation of Uyghurs in Xinjiang, China, from consideration by the UN Human Rights Council.”
“At the domestic level,…acting decisively when investments from state-owned enterprises….threaten our national security, including our critical minerals supply chains; further protecting Canadian intellectual property and research; pushing back against any form of foreign interference on Canadian soil..”
“At the bilateral level,….Canada will continue to speak up for universal human rights, including those of Uyghurs, Tibetans and other religious and ethnic minorities. Canada will continue to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the people of Hong Kong, who are faced with China’s imposition of the National Security Law and, more broadly, the deterioration of individual and collective freedoms.”
“At the regional level,… Canada will also continue to work with partners to push back against any unilateral actions that threaten the status quo in the Taiwan Strait, as well as the East and South China Seas.”
Canada plans to spend over the next five years C$2.3 billion to improve the military and cyber security in the region.
Zhao Lijian said the affairs of Taiwan, Xinjiang and Hong Kong were purely internal affairs of China. He said that Canada should pursue a rational and pragmatic policy towards China…”
Note: Please read “Canada: Indo-Pacific Strategy” at https://diginews360.com/canada-indo-pacific-strategy/