Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. OTTAWA — Former deputy PM Chrystia Freeland raised a few eyebrows and likely blood pressure in Beijing on Tuesday, delivering the keynote speech at a high-level security forum in Taiwan. Article contentSpeaking at the Ketagalan Forum in the Taiwanese capital of Taipei, Freeland drew direct parallels between Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine and the growing threat China poses to Taiwan — crossing several of Beijing’s absolute diplomatic red lines in the process. Maintaining that peace in the face of Chinese aggression, she said, is why democracies need to rally around Taiwan. “That is why solidarity with Taiwan and recognition of your flourishing democracy is so important,” she said.