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報道稱，加拿大外長計劃派副手訪華，以改善緊張關係，回應公眾需求
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202404/1310722.shtml
GT記者發布時間：2024年4月17日
法新社周一援引一位了解此次訪問情況的政府消息人士的話稱，加拿大外交部長梅拉妮·喬利將派副手戴維·莫裏森訪華，以幫助緩解與中國的冷淡關係。莫裏森訪華“是其中的一部分”。專家周二告訴《環球時報》，加拿大公眾對改善與中國的經濟和政治關係的需求日益增加，尤其是在觀察到中國與美國、澳大利亞和德國之間最近高層互動增加之後。
截至周二發稿時，中加雙方均未發布有關此次訪問的任何相關信息。
喬利本人自2021年出任加拿大外長以來，也未曾到訪中國，部分原因是新冠疫情管控措施、中加關係降溫等因素。
多家外媒報道稱，2018年12月，美國在溫哥華無理拘押華為高管孟晚舟，以及中國以間諜罪拘押兩名加拿大人康明凱和邁克爾·斯帕弗，導致兩國關係陷入冰點。
2023年，加拿大就中國新疆、香港、台灣等問題發表錯誤言論，軍艦和軍機多次跟隨美國，以“航行自由”為名在中國沿海進行挑釁活動。
近期，加方多次炒作2019年和2021年所謂“中國幹預加拿大大選”問題，中方對此多次予以駁斥，導致兩國關係緊張。
據法新社報道，盡管若利從未訪華，但中共中央政治局委員、外交部長王毅今年2月應若利邀請，在慕尼黑安全會議期間會見了若利，並談到要對華“推行務實外交”。
據《環球郵報》報道，若利近來在談及中加關係時，頻頻提到“推行務實外交”。報道還指出，若利的政治導師之一是加拿大前總理克雷蒂安，克雷蒂安在任期間助力打造中加關係“黃金十年”。
據法新社報道，隨著加拿大副外長將訪華的消息傳出，加拿大商界要求雙方修複關係的壓力不斷加大。
《溫哥華商業報》1月報道稱，許多加拿大企業擔心中加之間的政治緊張局勢阻礙了它們充分利用這個世界第二大經濟體。
加中貿易理事會認為，加拿大工業正被美國、澳大利亞和歐洲的競爭對手蠶食，這些競爭對手正在搶占加拿大在中國的牛肉和寵物食品市場份額。
據《環球郵報》和全球電視網報道，由於近年來中加關係降溫，加拿大的經貿利益受到嚴重損害。然而，美國和澳大利亞等一貫與加拿大結盟，甚至在對華問題上“領頭”的國家，已采取重大措施改善對華關係。兩國高級官員近期相繼訪華。
據《環球郵報》報道，加拿大前駐華大使聖雅克表示，他認為莫裏森訪華“是為了尋求某種形式的和解，因為目前雙方幾乎沒有交流”，這可能為加拿大外長若利訪華鋪平道路。
中國社會科學院加拿大研究中心副秘書長姚鵬周二對《環球時報》表示，加拿大政府正準備派一名副外長訪華作為初步舉措，根據若利外長最近發表的關於對華“務實外交”的言論，這似乎是一種臨時、季節性和權宜之計。
然而，加拿大改善對華關係的努力的誠意仍然不足。姚鵬說，原因是中加之間的政治互信已被加方徹底破壞。
加拿大若想扭轉中加關係麵臨的困難局麵，改善經貿關係，就必須徹底拋棄冷戰思維和“拉幫結派”的觀念。
Report says Canadian FM plans to send deputy to China to improve strained relations, responding to public demand
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202404/1310722.shtml
By GT staff reportersPublished: Apr 17, 2024
Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly is dispatching her deputy David Morrison to China in a bid to help thaw chilled relations with China, AFP reported on Monday, citing a government source with knowledge of the trip, who said the federal government of Canada wants to "normalize bilateral ties with China" and Morrison's trip to China "is part of that." Experts told the Global Times on Tuesday there is a growing public demand in Canada for improving economic and political relations with China, especially after observing recent increased high-level interactions between China and the US, Australia and Germany.
As of press time on Tuesday, neither the Chinese side nor the Canadian side had released any relevant information about the trip.
Joly herself has not travelled to China since assuming the role of Canadian Foreign Minister in 2021, partly due to factors such as COVID-19 restriction measures and the cooling relations between China and Canada.
Multiple foreign media reports said that the unreasonable detention of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou on a US warrant in Vancouver in December 2018, and China's detention of two Canadians, Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, on espionage charges, plunged relations into a deep freeze.
In 2023, Canada made wrongful remarks on issues related to China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Hong Kong and the Taiwan question, and its warships and military aircraft repeatedly followed the US in conducting provocative activities under the pretext of "freedom of navigation" along China's coast.
More recently, the Canadian side has repeatedly hyped up the so-called "Chinese intervention in Canadian elections" in 2019 and 2021, which China refuted multiple times, thus straining ties between the two countries.
According to the AFP report, despite that Joly has never visited China, Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chinese Foreign Minister, met with Joly at the latter's request on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference this February. At that time, Joly spoke about the need to "pursue pragmatic diplomacy" with China.
According to The Globe and Mail, Joly has recently frequently spoken of the term "pursuing pragmatic diplomacy" when talking about China-Canada relations. The report also noted that one of Joly's political mentors is former Canadian prime minister Jean Chrétien, who during his tenure helped forge the "golden decade" of China-Canada relations.
According to AFP, pressure has been mounting in the Canadian business community for the two sides to repair relations, as news came that the Canadian deputy foreign minister would visit China.
Business in Vancouver reported in January that many Canadian companies are concerned that political tensions between China and Canada are stopping them from fully tapping into the world's second-largest economy.
The Canada China Business Council argues that Canadian industry is losing ground to its American, Australian and European competitors, who are taking on Canada's market share in China for goods such as beef and pet food.
According to The Globe and Mail and Global Television Network, due to the cooling of China-Canada relations in recent years, Canada's economic and trade interests have been seriously harmed. However, countries such as the US and Australia, which have consistently aligned with Canada, and even "led the way" on issues related to China, have taken significant steps to improve their relations with China. Senior officials from these two countries have recently visited China one after another.
According to The Globe and Mail, Guy Saint-Jacques, a former Canadian ambassador to China, said he believes Morrison's visit to China is "part of trying to find some form of accommodation because right now there [are] almost no exchanges," which could pave the way for a trip to China by the Canadian Foreign Minister Joly.
The Canadian government is preparing to send a deputy foreign minister to China as a preliminary step, which, based on recent statements by Minister Joly focusing on "pragmatic diplomacy" toward China, seems to be a temporary, seasonal, and expedient measure, Yao Peng, deputy secretary-general of the Canadian Studies Center of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, told the Global Times on Tuesday.
However, the sincerity of Canada's efforts to improve relations with China is still insufficient. The reason is that political mutual trust between China and Canada has been completely destroyed by the Canadian side, Yao said.
If Canada wants to reverse the difficulties in China-Canada relations and improve economic and trade ties, it must completely abandon the Cold War mentality and the notion of "clique formation," Yao noted, adding that Canada should adhere to the foresight of its older generation of politicians and fundamentally uphold the principle of "friendliness between China and Canada" to thoroughly reverse the years of difficulties in China-Canada relations.
