No. Just to prove I'm not biased, I think everybody at that time was working in what they thought were Canada's best interests. The whole world was courting China whether businesses, academic institutions or governments, so when the Government of Canada entered into a customs agreement and a foreign investment protection agreement with China, it thought it was working in the best interests of Canada. When the ambassador wrote a letter to this cultural organization, he thought he was working in the best interests of Canada.
Were we naive? I don't know.