“This ‘induce dependency, then weaponize it’ strategy is a hallmark of hybrid economic warfare,” says Scott McGregor, an author and intelligence professional.
Experts say China exploits regional economies, such as in the agricultural sector, to advance its interests by sowing divisions and creating political pressure. Tyler Olson/Shutterstock
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Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau’s effort to forge diplomatic ties with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1970 proved highly consequential, opening the floodgates for other Western Bloc nations to follow suit and bringing the regime out of isolation. But another move made by Canada years earlier has continued to entangle its relationship with the communist regime.
