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Thursday, October 11, 2012

Thomas Walkom: U.S. report on Chinese telecom snooping puts Harper in a pickle (in The Toronto Star)

"Harper, the Calgary economist, is desperate to stay on the right side of cash-rich China so that it will invest some of its billions in Canada’s resource sector.

"But Harper, America’s best friend, is equally desperate to stay on the right side of big brother in Washington.

"So when a U.S. House Intelligence Committee this week warned private firms, and by implication Canadian private firms, not to deal with two big Chinese telecom manufacturers, the prime minister was left in a bit of pickle."

Full article: Walkom: U.S. report on Chinese telecom snooping puts Harper in a pickle.