Canadian engagement with China is a hard policy to quit because it’s hard to measure. Over time, this type of foreign policy can become a reflex rather than a conscious policy choice.
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With a public inquiry into Chinese interference about to begin, China may feature prominently in the Canadian news cycle in 2024 — meaning a genuine thaw in Canada-China relations isn’t in the cards.
Canada should examine Australia’s diplomacy-focused approach to China as it battles foreign interference.
If ties to democratic regimes in the Indo-Pacific region are to mean anything, Canada must look to smaller, poorer democracies and not only to the obvious partners — and become a human rights advocate.
Research suggests that two factors are most important when making decisions on how businesses should respond to the U.S.-China trade war: location and supply chain dependence, and technology.
Did the U.S. cave to China’s exercise in hostage diplomacy when it signed a plea deal with a Huawei executive that resulted in freedom for the two Michaels? Or was it China that miscalculated badly?
The swiftness of the Chinese action to free the two Michaels signalled an important message to the world from the governing Chinese Communist Party: Don’t mess with us.
Canada is conspicuously absent from the new security pact signed between the U.S., the U.K. and Australia on China. Is it time for Canada to take a page from the Australian playbook on managing China?
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government seems helpless and confused on how to manage the tensions between the United States and China after being caught in the conflict’s crosshairs.
Justin Trudeau’s government should assemble a strong, non-partisan China team led by the West to build a uniquely Canadian Asia strategy, with China at its core.
In the absence of trust, greater cultural understanding is a powerful diplomatic tool and one that Canada needs to wield expertly when dealing with China.
Is Canada ready for a scenario where the North American Free Trade Agreement is scrapped? The tense negotiations with the United States are a chance for Canada to diversify its trade partnerships.
Canada has reportedly committed more than $1 billion to a Chinese investment bank. Is Canada unwittingly serving as a ‘useful idiot’ in Xi Jinping’s grand plans to restore China’s lost greatness?
A high-ranking Chinese official was reportedly just in Canada getting China-Canada trade talks back on track. If true, that means Canada is blithely selling out liberal values.
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Research Fellow, International Relations, China Institute, University of Alberta
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Associate professor, Human Rights Studies, King's University College, Western University
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Brock University
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Associate Professor of International Relations and Asian Politics, Thompson Rivers University
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Associate Professor, International Business, University of Nottingham
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Executive Fellow, School of Public Policy; Distinguished Fellow, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, University of Calgary
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Senior Fellow, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Policy Researcher, Political Science, China Institute, University of Alberta
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PhD Student, International Business, University of Nottingham
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University Fellow in Law, Charles Darwin University
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Full Professor of Political Studies and Canada Research Chair on Gender, Security, and the Armed Forces, Queen's University, Ontario
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Professor of International Business, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
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PhD Candidate, Political Science, University of Toronto
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Associate Professor, International Business, University of Nottingham
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Lecturer in International Business, University of Sheffield
