text: Well-written but self-contradictory.  First Mr Burton tells us that Canada needs a FTA but China does not.  He might have added that China is the second economic and political power in the world and has multiple policy options.  (If the USA continues its present fit of the sulks China may soon be number one.)  Then he tells us that Canada must stand up for a list of things, starting with human rights which the Chinese have made clear are not on the table.  How do you stand up to someone who holds all the good cards?  And if we have no FTA with China, what other options do we have?