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BEIJING — Prime Minister Mark Carney ushered in what he called a “new era” in the Canada-China relationship Thursday by renewing and updating a series of old expired non-binding agreements with the Asian superpower on energy and public safety. In the regal Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Carney and Chinese Premier Li Qiang — the second most powerful figure in the country — watched as their minister signed over a half-dozen memoranda of understanding (MOU) and letters of intent Thursday afternoon. The countries also signed a Canada-China economic and trade cooperation “roadmap”...