The conundrum is only in the minds of these two authors. Stuck in old thinking, legacy relationships. Suddenly faced a rude awakening by the arrival of Trump. Sad.

Our past leaders Dief and Trudeau Sr. did not have such conundrum. They were not besieged by the 'I am holier' attitude of western Christian dogma. When in fact it's the basis of the most evil and bloody imperial empires. Instigators of too many wars to list, including two world wars, conductor of horrific slave trade, inventor of concentration camp.

I must remind that the west have been practitioner of dictatorships until after WW2 - ruled by monarchs, fascists and nazi. A mere few decades of democracy and now endless lecture on China. The arrogance. 

Doing business does not mean compatibility or compliance with governance systems, cultural values, religion or ideology. Just comply with trade rules. Let's do business, big business with China. It's national prosperity, one threatened by that military empire down south.