It’s a circle that can’t be easily squared.

On the one hand, there’s the spectacle of Foreign Affairs Minister <a data-evt-val="{&quot;control_fields&quot;: {&quot;mparticle&quot;: {&quot;keys&quot;: {&quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;click_source_type&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;anchor_text&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;target_url&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;layout_section&quot;}, &quot;mp_event_type&quot;: &quot;Navigation&quot;, &quot;extra_keys&quot;: [&quot;click_vertical_position_percentage&quot;, &quot;click_vertical_position_pixels&quot;]}}, &quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;in-page link&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;M\u00e9lanie Joly&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2024/07/minister-joly-meets-with-chinas-director-of-the-office-of-the-central-commission-for-foreign-affairs-and-minister-of-foreign-affairs-wang-yi.html&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;in-page-link&quot;}" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" href="https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2024/07/minister-joly-meets-with-chinas-director-of-the-office-of-the-central-commission-for-foreign-affairs-and-minister-of-foreign-affairs-wang-yi.html" target="_blank">Mélanie Joly</a> happily abasing herself at the feet of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing on Friday after being summoned to China to take instruction on how Canada should behave itself as Xi Jinping persists in flouting international trade rules, accelerates his encirclement of Taiwan and pours ever greater resources into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The rest of the world is starting to admit Beijing is a threat, not Canada's foreign minister{ai:summary}Mélanie Joly, Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister, found herself in Beijing, bowing to China's whims while Xi Jinping tramples trade norms and tightens his grip on Taiwan. As the world watches, Canada’s moral compass teeters on a knife's edge. #foreignaffairs

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