Carney must wake up to fact China is no friend

Tasha Kheiriddin/National Post: Carney is right that Canada needs alternatives to American dependence. But we must resist the temptation to confuse diversification with friendship. China remains an authoritarian state whose interests conflict directly with ours. Ottawa continues to cite concerns about Beijing’s military pressure around Taiwan, its ambitions in the Arctic and its conduct in the South China Sea. In contrast, the U.S. may not be very friendly today but it has been in the past. Carney would do better to remind Canadians of the high points of our relationship, rather than the lows…