In some ways, despite its long national history, China is like a feisty teen suddenly discovering enormous adult power. While his father spoke of the U.S. as the elephant Canada had to sleep with, the younger Trudeau must face a new global pachyderm. "Living next to you is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant," then prime minister Pierre Trudeau said in 1969 to the Washington press. "It's an economic power. He says it is impossible to divorce economic interests from other political concerns such as human rights.

Source: CBC News August 29, 2016 09:00 UTC