Canada-China Relations committee  Thank you, Chairman, for the opportunity to appear before the committee, albeit virtually, by video conference from 15,000 kilometres away in Singapore. I've been studying and teaching international relations for more than 40 years, mostly dealing with U.S.-China and Canada-Chin

Canada-China Relations committee  We had the opportunity to bring Professor Allison to Ottawa two months ago to talk about his book because, I think you're quite accurate, it has grabbed the imagination of people who see a power shift under way and see the potentialities for major U.S.-China confrontation. I thi

Canada-China Relations committee  Liberal democracies have been able, on some matters, to put a focal point on difficulties. It's fascinating to see which have organized to raise some of the special problems of Xinjiang. However, in addressing the challenge of China, the countries we need to work with are more di

Canada-China Relations committee  Mr. Bergeron's question and his summary are intriguing in several ways, and each of the points is going to need to be fleshed in more fully as the committee proceeds with its discussions. I would raise just a possible addition to the fourth point that he raised, about China as a

Canada-China Relations committee  China isn't alone as a great power trying to protect its own international interests and its own value structure in its own country, its own sovereignty. China in that sense is acting in many ways like great powers that we have known in the past and probably will know in the futu

Canada-China Relations committee  Many of us have claimed for a long time that we need a China policy. I think that what this committee can do is help us set out what the basic theme or melody might be in that relationship. I suggested “engagement 2.0” or “co-existing with China”. The Americans and some other cou

Canada-China Relations committee  This has to do with the matter of how we define China on a spectrum: from a friend, to a partner, to a rival, to an adversary, to an enemy. Where on that spectrum do we do it? I'm suggesting that it depends on the issue that we're dealing with regarding China, and that no one hat

Canada-China Relations committee  I think China's use of its military is complicated. It is increasingly having its forces based in other countries, but only a small number. The United States has over 400 foreign military bases. China has—depending on how you count them—two or three or four. There are mixed moti

Canada-China Relations committee  I think the coronavirus can be a significant plus or a significant negative in our relationship with China.

Canada-China Relations committee  I think we're facing a double challenge: a China challenge and an America challenge. In building or rebuilding an international order, we're going to have to work with both of those countries as best we can, for example, by getting them into some of the new multilateral trade org

Canada-China Relations committee  The Huawei question is exactly the right one to ask, because it is where these forces come together, and the challenges of a made-in-Canada decision are really important as a signal of where we're going to go. I think the consensus in the United States is somewhat cracking on th

Canada-China Relations committee  Thank you. I think the question of the province and Asian competence is very interesting, because it takes us back to our universities. I think one of the areas that the committee could be of great value is in looking at the role of the universities and the challenges they now

Canada-China Relations committee  I think this is a very interesting problem that you've identified: what we are going to do with China on human rights. I would say that public attitudes are quite interesting. When we ask Canadians what they think our government's major priority should be with respect to China, h

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you. I thank the committee for the opportunity to appear today. My connection with Hong Kong over the past 35 years has been principally as a professor of international relations and trans-Pacific affairs. My perch has been Canadian universities, frequent visits and occasi

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I don't think China wants to export its model to the world. I think what China is trying to do is to make its model safe inside its own country and its immediate periphery. As for seeing Chinese political values as superior or something we'd want to import, I think that's pretty