LIBERALS: STOP QUIVERING, STAND UP TO CHINA

   Chinese President Xi Jinping’s dressing down of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the G20 summit was as close to Real Housewives-style table flipping as intergovernmental forums get — at least publicly, anyway.
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    The decision to confront Trudeau in front of the media was clearly a deliberate one. There is no world in which Xi, a well-known control freak, didn’t spot a gigantic camera hovering nearby. He wanted Canadians, and the world, to see this moment.
   Xi’s public attempt to dominate Trudeau demonstrates the error of the Liberals’ cowardly ways. It’s difficult to imagine Xi doing such a thing to U.S. President Joe Biden, or even most European leaders. Appeasing a bully only makes them stronger and reinforces that their tactics work. More confrontations with China are inevitable, so rather than avoiding them, we better figure out how to handle them and come out on top.