Opportunity vs threat: Canada's unpredictable and sometimes irreconcilable relationship with China

Dominic Barton, Canada’s ambassador to China, last May travelled to one of its tech hubs, Shenzhen, to express gratitude to BGI Group, a gene-sequencing company that also administers a growing genomic database. With the coronavirus pandemic raging in Canada, the Sinai Health System in Toronto was set to receive what Barton characterized as a “generous donation” from BGI’s foundation: an “MGISP-960 automated viral RNA...