https://www.scmp.com/rss/508729/feed Dr Jeffrey Reeves is vice-president of research for the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada and an expert on economics, politics, and security in Asia. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com In Chinese President Xi Jinping’s recent video address to the World Economic Forum, two points were particularly relevant to discussions of Canadian policy towards China, and Asia. The first was Xi’s appeal to the international community to avoid a return to a Cold-War era with spheres of influence structured along ideological and political differences. Xi instead argued for a more inclusive approach to state relations, one that treats different political systems as a feature, not a bug, of the... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3119801/why-canada-should-adopt-realpolitik-approach-china-clues-are-xi?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3119801/why-canada-should-adopt-realpolitik-approach-china-clues-are-xi?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 31 Jan 2021 22:45:17 +0000