The 'Chinese interference' story is rooted in xenophobia, economic decline – Canadian Dimension
When paired with the acute decline of Canadian capitalism and the slow decay of the US empire—the one-time imperial hegemon to which Canada has sutured itself—Ottawa’s anxieties about a power to the East are neuralgic, irrational, and grimly familiar. As CD columnist Owen Schalk explains, the Chinese interference fantasy is merely their latest manifestation.