Canada-China Relations committee  We get these questions a lot. Is there going to be a military coup in China? Is Xi Jinping going to be overthrown if his policy has been so unpopular in and outside of China? My answer is no. I think the resilience and the ability of China to adapt and of the Chinese government

Canada-China Relations committee  Russia is China's strategic partner, and the coordination of their national security and foreign policy strategies has enhanced and intensified in the past several years. They provide neutral support on issues of importance for them, such as China on Syria and Russia on the South

Canada-China Relations committee  I think the theme here is to offer an alternative to what China is offering to Africa. Japan is playing an increasingly big role in this arena, in things other than the Chinese business contracts and Chinese infrastructure projects. I think countries like Canada could provide a v

Canada-China Relations committee  I think there is an absolute need on the ground, and there is also an absolute sense of urgency.

Canada-China Relations committee  First of all, I think Canada needs to develop leverage and influence vis-à-vis China unilaterally, without the collaboration with the United States. Second, China has an ultimate respect for power. When you look at how India reacted to China in the Doklam standoff, and in South

Canada-China Relations committee  Last but not least, I think Australia offers a case where allies can be actively shaping U.S. priority and U.S. policy.

Canada-China Relations committee  Thank you, madam, for your question. To begin with, there is a cultural element to it because in China, if you look at the top leadership on the Politburo standing committee, there is no female leader at that level. That is just a fact. The Chinese political scientists have attr

Canada-China Relations committee  From the Chinese perspective, when they look at conflict mediation, they pretty much follow the Chinese experience. In China, they believe they have achieved a mutually complementary relationship between economic development and political stability. This has happened under the co

Canada-China Relations committee  Thank you, madam, for your question. In the era of great power competitions, the erosion of the current international organizations and effective mechanisms is almost inevitable, because you will see both China and the United States reaching out to erode these systems to get th

Canada-China Relations committee  The strategy of the Trump administration in the western Pacific region has led to obvious patching-up behaviours by both Japan and South Korea when it comes to their relationship with China. In South Asia, we're seeing India demonstrating similar patterns of behaviours as well. T

Canada-China Relations committee  It was the long winter of diplomatic freeze between Beijing and Oslo for about nine years following the Liu Xiaobo case. Eventually the Chinese were able to move on from that case, not only because China needed the Nordic countries' help in terms of their Arctic policy and other

Canada-China Relations committee  Yes. Thank you, sir, for your question. To answer that question, I think that first I will agree with Professor Shambaugh's assessment that China should not be treated as a “civilization”, as just a cultural concept. It is a real country, with real political thinking in its fore

Canada-China Relations committee  Thank you. This system encountered its most critical existential threat when the western system of nation states prevailed in Asia. While the China-centric system preached the homogeneity of the Chinese civilization among all states on its periphery, the western notion of natio

Canada-China Relations committee  Thank you, Chair. Good morning. It is a great honour for me to be invited to provide perspectives and analysis to the Special Committee on Canada-China Relations. I was asked to provide views on China's global role and approach to the international system, as well as to make r