Yes. Thank you, sir, for your question.
To answer that question, I think that first I will agree with Professor Shambaugh's assessment that China should not be treated as a “civilization”, as just a cultural concept. It is a real country, with real political thinking in its foreign policy behaviour and with assertive instruments to pursue those foreign policy goals.
I think it is highly important for a country such as Canada to develop an accurate and sophisticated understanding of what China is and what China's action plans really indicate. For example, in the case of the Huawei 5G technology, I think the anticipation of the variations in China's policy reactions would be highly necessary in this decision-making.