Finally, we got some Canadian who has a real strategic vision.

I'd say most Chinese are used to very friendly to Canada, but after the Meng's kidnap incident, thing is going very bad, and the world can't tell if Canada is a trust-worthy independent partner.

Ms meng's case has hurt Chinese hearts. Canada was once a well-known friendly country to the Chinese, because many Chinese knew Canada from a Canadian doctor named Norman Bethune. He left his life in China for China to fight against Japanese fascist aggression. Today, however, it is painfully clear that the relationship between China and Canada has been destroyed by the foolish decisions of clumsy and unintelligent Canadian leaders.

Non-sense! Canada has never been an independent country. It was a Britsh colony before wwii, and now a US colony.

Very well said. Canada needs to have their own national interest concern. This guy should be Canadian PM!!

So now we are finally told the truth!!!! Sign away your sovereignty? How smart is that?

why canada-china conflict: answer: canada kiss USA's ars how to exit: stop kissing usa and start trading with china

This speaker has a more diplomatic and subtle view of the problem,

One rare Canadian strategic thinker. Canada needs to start thinking these questions.

I am a Chinese in my 50's, I started to love Canada since I was a little kid. Even at Mao's period, every Chinese love Canada for a name, Norman Bethune, who devoted his life to the Chinese people during war of resistance against Japanese.

I hope you get 100,000 views. CBC should air this (but they won't). You are so right about not ratifying USMCA, which most people don't know what is in it. Trudeau and Freeland made it sound like they got a good deal, I say they are fools. Thanks for your time.

Came upon this video by accident. Very interesting and informative.

Impressive , honest and excellent analysis. A Canadian with wisdom and integrity 👍

As a Chinese, its difficult for me to understand why Canada government does for these years, Canada has the best impression in Chinese ppl among all western countries because of the help from Canada in WW2, we have been taught from childhood that there is one particular doctor named 白求恩 from Canada help us when we fight for the Independence of our own nation. But now, what i notice is like one guy slap the other guy in the face in the 1st place and then ask him for respect... I wish there are more ppl from western can come to china for study, work and even have a life here, that might reduce lots of conflicts.

Thank you for this. I am an american and I love China and also watch CGNT to see all about China.

The main issue that led to this is the arresting of the CFO, Ms. Meng Wenzhou, of Huawei. Everything else is secondary. It is not about the canola and it is not about Huawei’s installations in Canada. It is all about Ms. Meng Wenzou.

The headline should be " How Canada can exit from china conflict " .... the simple answer is ... after the next upcoming Canadian election ...

Fair and square. He is right -on with his views. Very balanced and logical..He is a rare person.

Kick out your PM and tell him that you can do a better job in his position!

very very very impressed with your cool-headed perspective that seems to be lacking from the political and media pundits. And I think the way out you pointed out can actually work. Thank you so much for sharing.

Some one should show this video to Trudeau Government.

Canada is experiencing the same problems as Australia.

It appears that Canada is a vassal state of US or an extension of US hegemony. The next question " is Canada a sovereign nation."?

Canada should do what is best for herself and her people. Why did Canada sign the USMC?

Everyone in China used to have great respect to canadians because everyone knows a hero canadian -- Henry Norman Bethune. The story that he came to China to help Chinese people when China was in the poorest and darkest time has been written into the primary school textbooks. Nowadays, some Chinese hospitals are still called Bethune hospitals. But I have to say, what the Canadian government has done these years hurts the hearts of the Chinese people a lot.

Good Job Irvin, I hope the Prime Minister office & those politicians can listen to your advice & take actions on it.

The most sensible analysis of recent Sino - Canada relationship. Run for the political office, Canada needs a new approach to China and it is never too late.

Respect to you Sir, for being knowledgeable n for having done your research!

Henry Norman Bethune is a Canadian every Chinese know, respect and admire. His story is in Chinese Elementary School Book.

Very informative and insightful. Thank you for sharing. However, the prospect for Canada to make it right is not that bright. The cancer is the Canadian political system, which does not have the gene to get competent people selected to the office. Without competent leaders, all brilliant strategies are useless.

china does not have a stake in what canada thinks or how it behaves... everything that canada produces, china can find it for a cheaper price elsewhere.

A logical analysis. My take is to just release the Huawei CFO and all will be well.

Even Ms Meng is released now, China won't let you go. It will take years to recover the relationship.

I am a Chinese Canadian, Love to see someone know what we Canadian need to do the right things

Do u know in the last 20 yrs or so, one of the most famous entertainers in China is a Canadian, called Da Shan ( in Chinese)? I think he went back to Canada to be a stand up comedian, occasionally coming back to China during festive periods.

Salute to Mr Studin for his genuine insights and proper attitude towards the current astrayed Sino-Canadian relationship after the outbreak of the Meng crisis. This is the first prominent Canadian figure who is talking some senses on the Meng issue, and what is more has come up with a bigger picture for Canada being an independent sovereign modern state for the average Canadians at large to realize and understand. If the Cdn Gov't has balls and follows Mr Studin's exit strategies, it will not only earn genuine respect from the Chinese Gov't but also the hearts of the average Chinese people. Why ? Although I cannot speak for all Chinese people, by and large we have a special affection for Canadians due to your Dr Henry Norman Bethune, who was truly a good samaritan and humanitarian. We had even erected a stature to commemorate his sacrifice and genuine friendship extended to the Chinese people at a time of turmoils and sufferings. We can never forget that because a friend in need is a friend indeed !!! And that's the type of Canadians we come to know of, and the Cdn heritage and legacy that have been left behind not only in the land of China but also in the hearts of many ordinary Chinese people. Meanwhile, let's hope both side of the gov'ts will resolve this crisis wisely in order to restore our relationship for we do love the Canadian people, and we do love your country, warm wishes from afar !

Very impressive, you missed one thing that pm did, literally saying "rule of law" over and over and get caught politically deeply interfere with rule of law. It was at that moment, he knows he is fucked and lost all cards and trust from China. Could not have played this any worse. Since you already picked a side, then you push back, you'd lose both side. I don't see any sign that China would take Canada seriously for foreseeable future, Canada took all hits not only for America, but also Australia and NZ, because China can only focus on one guy at a time, and Canadian government happen to become the No. 1 on the list. Also not just China, Saudi, Italy, Thailand, America .....would be better without a PM , you know? Maybe add a clause for this situation to constitution

All Canadian should watch this video

Global Brief Magazine, Editor-in-Chief & Publisher Irvin Studin explains well, naivete by Ottawa has no limit, servitude will drag prosperous country down the slope of Washington's decay, smarten up Canadians, else you might end to be the most valuable serf to your southern neighbour...

This man is 10 times better than the PM

nice analysis, very much impressive one. i do think your analysis on China and US is extremely precise.

Just read that Canada called out New Zealand for not being supportive and keeping mum over the jailing of the 2 Canadians. NZ knows what brings home the bacon and were advised by her strategic advisor of possible consequences. At least, Arden is pragmatic. She played smart.

Great speech 🗨 and active measures.. Awesome 😎 ❤

Canada should quickly withdraw from the US treaty immediately since Trump always withdraw from any agreement made by the US.

I like kindness Canadan and friendly US people but dont like their government...

Send your stuff to Max Bernier. He needs to hear this for he is the only Non-globalist of our Canadian time.

Do not worry. China is fast becoming a market economy.

Good presentation and clearly useful for Canadians to take heed and act independently for the good of your country.

A very wise man. He should stand for parliament.

What ever Canada sign can be broken, just like USA .

本来我们都是读书的时候，都是说加拿大人多好多好。但是一个傻总理就可以把一个国家的形象搞坏。

When Japan and Germany were the world's second and third largest economies the Americans were not panicking since the gap between the US economy and those two were so huge the title of their rankings was superficial in nature, but now the PRC is hot on the tail of the US in GDP and has already surpassed the US in GDP (PPP) since 2013 the Americans are panicking. The tariffs started by Trump and the banning of Huawei is a last ditch effort by the US as a declining power to pressure it's allies to tow it's line ! Indonesia's economy is already larger than Canada's and Turkey will soon surpass Canada as well ! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hZeHdpWE0ZjOl5s.html

China raise, Western country must respect the raise of China, its true and power, we need to embrace the different culture and society. Ask yourself if you can engage with 1.4 billion of people, the world benefit from them. China raise with prosperity and buying power, Canada people should engage and benefit from them By the way, Chinese people are friendly, go and see for yourself. Chinese people live to learn from other cultures.

Mr. Studin presented unbiased, valid and correct analysis on USMCA, especially the all too important CLAUSE. my observation is US is always about US. it never care about its allies, vassals, or colonies. the sanctions imposed on Russia hurts its allies as well. from US perspective it's good so its allies won't pose a challenge to US.

For Canada ...USA it’s the neighbor but china is the future

A asked Canada to bully C. During Canada bullying C, Canada got a surprising resistance. Canada turned to look A. A put her sunglasses on. Canada cry for help, A put on a very loud music. :D

Brilliant analysis! But the politicians do not have the guts to walk an independent way.

This is exactly right. Brilliant presentation

The 51st state incognito.

You are correct...Sir .

You wanna make amends Canada? Publicly leave the 5 eye. Then China can talk

USMCA 1: USa 2: Mexico 3: Canada. Love the comments at the end of the presentation, Standing up to bullies. Got beaten up, but gain respect..

Canada under American's rules of law. Once a lap dog, forever lap dog...🤣

Crazy how many Canadians will cry about their government acting like the well behaved dog of the USA, yet go on to try and hold the USA accountable for Canada’s problems instead of the people who are suppose to be in place to protect the interests of Canadian Citizen. Trump is not your problem, Trudeau is.

A huge problem with this person's analysis is that he doesn't immediately put his cards on the table and address the elephant in the room. Which is....should Canada have complied with a legal request to detain Meng with the aim of potentially extraditing her to the U.S.....Or should Canada have used every subterfuge at its disposal to not comply with this request. If you're a real Conservative you realize that is where the rubber hits the road. When you ask right wingers for an answer to this question the vast majority simply express their view that they think Trudeau has the behaviour of a homosexual. They usually put it in more salty terms. And Scheer has explicitly stated that he would take a stronger stance with China. Which in reality would mean ramping up the trade war with China. Just like Australia has just lost 15 billion in coal exports.

Canada release the CFO and start talking with China about trade. they should stop listing to US laws, which gives US control over Canada

We should release Meng immediately!

Very interesting perspective! Deep and strategic point of view! I now look forward to everything you publish!

I have lived, studied, worked, and a permanent resident of Canada. After the recent event, I am worried about my investment (not only money, but time and heart) in Canada because I am not certain that Canada will remain a sovereign state in the medium to Long-term future. I can conceive a situation in the longer term future that I may live in Canada but under the jurisdiction of USA laws.

A great analysis. The only problem with it is that it takes the Chinese arrests, as reported in most Canadian mainstream media, at face-value. There are around 300,000 Canadians living in China and, at any given time, according to the Globe & Mail, there are 200 Canadians under arrest in China on average (compared with 600 Canadians under arrest at any given time in the U.S.). So the "issue" isn't that China arrested two Canadians. The issue is that China arrested two Canadians that the Canadian federal government did not want arrested. Michael Kovrig was knowingly working for an NGO which refused to register under China's NGO laws, the Chinese government explained this immediately upon his arrest but Trudeau, his government, and all the Canadian media chose to refer to the arrest as "arbitrary". Then, when Schellenberg got the death sentence, which was required given the evidence and laws in China, Trudeau referred to this as an "arbitrary" application of the death penalty...and again the Canadian media took this moronic statement as gospel and reported it as such. If Canadians are going to develop a meaningful trade and political relationship with China, it first needs to critique its own media which obviously has an intense anti-China bias.

When Trump woke up and saw that cheap steel & aluminium was coming in his country via China , he flipped his wig and concluded the situation with a swift kick in the arse of the reighning Canadian government , no pun intended!Trump is an American protectionist,that why he negotiated a new trade deal in his favor.Mexico has already ratified USMCA .

If this is accurate, this is very helpful. Thank you. This is an excellent learning curve for the evolution of Canadian culture.

Dear Sir” will you call mr Trudeau and have a talk with him Because you are so right

Great analysis and recommendations

Canada needs a strong leader.

Nowadays, people tend to pick sides or right/wrong. Very hard to elevate above the landscape to view the whole picture like this speaker. Very rare strategic mind.

good video. I m from China been living in Canada for years. one thing that really confuse me is the hostility from the media to towards China , even there were never any beef between the 2 in history. I remember when I young we have to learn about Henry Norman Bethune a Canadian doctor who went to China helped chinese Army around ww2 in history class and the Chinese media always bring up Canada with a friend my warm tone since Canada is one of few west Countries that recognized china as a country after 1949 the chinese civil war ended. my point is that before mrs meng incident most chinese or the whole country were seeing Canada as a friendly, kind , trustworthy Nation.

Very good and objective analysis Mr. Studin. I am sure some Canadians will paint Mr. Studin with some kind of nasty label because he is not blindly supporting USA our so called "big brother".

Canadian judiciary system - is full of shit's😭😭😭

Canada need more bright people working in the government.

This guy should be the prime minister's adviser. Hi's analysis hit the nail right on the head. This is not a legal calculation but a strategic calculation. Canada is heading a dead end. No one in this government has realized it including those "experts" on TV. Right now the government can't even get a chance to talk with Chinese government in any level. Sheer called out Trudeau to pick and call Beijing. I doubt he knows how the phone communication works. If there is no receiver on the other end, who do you talk to. Truth to be told, this guy's solution won't work either country. Before the federal election, there is no decent way out for Canada. Mark my words here, this government has lost the chance to turn around and recovering the relationship will take years to come.

The question not ask enough is " What's the worst that could happen now,tomorrow ,10 years from now " again I say "It's no longer possible for the US to expect the whole World to dance to their tune"

Excellent realist summary of Canada's self interest.

Spot on analysis!

Canada must learn from Singapore. Neutral and prosper -nobody's puppet

Thank YOU sir, excellent work.

Falling into this trap because of not able to realize the trap the US dug specifically for Canada shows how naive and inexperienced the Canadian young leadership is. Begging for help from the US who dug the trap specifically for Canada in the first place shows the intelligence level of the Canadian leadership, in term of international politics. It’s like a sheep with wolf’s teeth in its neck begging THE wolf to save its life. How could anyone expect an outcome other than what we see now?

spot on.. thanks

We Canadians need to take off our moralistic glasses and see China for what it truly is. All this hysteria in the media about its "oppressive dictatorial regime" and "appalling human rights" is blinding us from fully reckoning with this complex, fascinating society, to the detriment of our national interest in engaging with what will, like it or not, be the first or second most important global player in the 21st century. This speaker is one of the few in this nation with the imagination and daring to present China with any semblance of objectivity. If only more of us visited the place or interacted with them on a person-to-person basis, there wouldn't be so much fear of the "Other".

Dont be an American poodle. There's a life out there to be lived with integrity and respect... now live it Canada. But first get yourself new leadership.

It occurred to me this morning that a possible reason may be that Canada has become too attractive to Chinese people (especially educated or well to do people) so that huge amounts of capital both human and investment is making its way to Canada. The idea of the Chinese government is to impair this good feeling that Canadians have for these Chinese people. The idea is to cut down on the transfer of money and brains to Canada. Don Hansen

Great talk!

Great analysis.

The sad part is that Chinese people have (or Had before little potato Trudeau) great respect for Canadian people. Much of that respect gained because of Bethune. Great video by the way👍

This should be translated and post it in Chinese media. This may defuse some tensions and open options to get out of this mess.

How about Canada - Philippine Conflict? Or China- Philippine Conflict?

You are objective because you are not paid for doing this analysis. You have no baggage, politically and financially.

As a Canadian and reading some of these posts first I have never felt like my country was a lapdog of the USA. Second at the end of the day would it not be so much easier if China wasn't a totalitarian state whereby the CP is the law. Third the United States thru us under the bus because we respected a treaty that we signed with the United States. In essence we do respect the rule of law by following thru on the request by the United States. Most Canadians don't like the present government because of the way that they fail to stand up to China for one and the United States. That will no doubt change this coming fall. If China wants to trade with the developed world then it must understand a rules based world where win win means fair trade for all parties involved. China opens up it's market and respects intellectual property and works at being a fair partner. If that happens then China will win friends honestly. That is a tall order for China hope that they are up to the challenge.

God bless Canadog n Trudog !!

I think you make and interesting point on the Axis, but you forget the rest of Canada's neighborhood. I'm talking about an incredibly large population of Latin-Americans that share a language and a culture. Why Canada ignores even Mexico, which we have a free trade agreement with, is beyond me.