Xi Jinping Surprises Canada and Japan With Unexpected APEC Talks

Xi Jinping Surprises Canada and Japan With Unexpected APEC Talks

Chinese President Xi Jinping held separate high-level meetings with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi during the 2025 APEC summit in South Korea. This video examines what the discussions revealed about trade tensions, economic cooperation, security concerns, critical minerals, and shifting regional diplomacy. We also look at how Canada-China relations evolved afterward and why Japan’s relationship with Beijing remains far more complicated today across the Indo-Pacific region.