Tories Restart Chinese Rights Dialogue Amid Skepticism

Published May 13, 2009

Three years after the Harper government ended formal human rights talks with China, it appears Canada is prepared to re-engage the Asian nation on the thorny issue. However, some experts remain only cautiously optimistic that the new talks will be more successful than Canada's previous efforts.

"I'm skeptical as to how the Chinese would agree to a genuine government-to-government dialogue," says Charles...

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