The recent deal with China obliges Canada to send raw materials in exchange for manufactured goods, which is far less lucrative for Canada

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Prime Minister Mark Carney’s speech at the recent Davos conference — where he called for decoupling from the U.S. while entering a “strategic partnership” with China — was greeted rapturously abroad. His tough on Trump rhetoric is certainly winning political points at home as well.

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Yet, in listing towards China, Carney is not only ignoring geography, but embracing an authoritarian regime far more dangerous than anything coming from MAGA. China’s clear intention is to seek global hegemony based on trade with an array of vassal states. All are then expected to follow Beijing’s party line.

A Chinese-dominated Canada may be welcomed by some tired of U.S. power, but longer-term implications should give Canadians second thoughts. Unlike America, with its oscillating politics, China is a permanent one-party dictatorship. Its consistent policy is to win over countries with the raw materials that the country needs to feed its industrial machine. Once proud Russia is vassal number one, becoming ever more reliant on Chinese manufacturers and tech in exchange for access to its vast natural resources.

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China does not really focus on the development of partners, as has occurred via western capital that drove the rise of Southeast Asia, and increasingly India. The shape of the Chinese neo-imperial system is most evident in Africa, with its wealth of resources and limited industry. As South African analyst........

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