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Canada only formally recognizes Mainland China, but maintains informal relations with Taiwan. Canada-Taiwan trade reached $10.2 billion in 2021, up from $7.4 billion a year earlier A touring delegation of members of Parliament, including two Liberals from Surrey, dined with the speaker of Taiwan’s parliament in Taipei on Monday. In a speech, You Si-kun, officially known as the president of the Legislative Yuan, said that Taiwan and Canada have suffered similarly from China’s hostage diplomacy, economic coercion, theft of scientific research, interference in elections and intimidation of citizens. “The economy is very important, but if we lose ‘freedom, equality and...
