Overall, while acknowledging that he had seen only a sliver of some of the country’s most cosmopolitan cities, he said he saw “a real United States” with “warm-hearted and passionate people” – a contrast to the negative images he and his classmates often see in the media. A group of Tsinghua University
Speech to The Canada Committee 100 Society The Honourable Yuen Pau Woo Independent Senator for British Columbia Good afternoon. I have been asked to speak on “blind spots” in Canadian foreign policy and that is what I will do. Every country has blind spots in its approach to international issues because of a
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Cold War effect could slow the economy and weaken dialogue on crucial issues. by Don Pittis Canadian domestic politics have helped magnify the most recent dispute between Beijing and Ottawa into a full blown tit-for-tat expulsion of diplomats. While some experts who track relations between China and Canada play the spat down — one called
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It is an easy strategy to transfer blame onto other nations when your own failures are so evident. Meanwhile, we stumble in the dark with unverified data leaked by the responsible Canadian agencies, seeking to transfer their own failures far from our shores. by Gar Pardy OTTAWA—The Canadian ship of state is leaking again,
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written by Michael Kaplan, Jim Axelrod, and Robert Legare The “China Initiative” was designed to tackle a top national security priority: identifying and prosecuting those responsible for China’s widespread theft of hundreds of billions of dollars a year in American trade secrets and intellectual property. The announcement Wednesday by the Biden administration to
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In the recent media frenzy, Canada has been portrayed as the victim of foreign countries trampling on its sovereignty. It is not clear whether the Trudeau government is fully in control of its national security apparatus or is a hostage to hardliners within it. written by Richard Desjardins Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
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written by Chris Pereira There is a growing number of Chinese companies and Chinese-run businesses in the US, particularly smaller ones that operate under the radar Despite the immense challenges, Chinese companies have adapted and found the space to operate in the US One of the oldest Chinese emporiums in the US, the Pearl
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About one in four Canadians came to the country as an immigrant Canada is betting big on immigration to fill the gap in its economy left by aging Baby Boomers leaving the workforce – but not everyone is on board with bringing in so many people from abroad. Earlier this month, the
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written by Jennifer Liu In some ways, Quincy Surasmith says he didn’t feel like an outsider growing up. Surasmith, who is Thai-American and Chinese-American, was raised in a part of L.A. that had a large Asian American community. But while Surasmith excelled in his early school days, by high school, his grades were slipping.
Our monthslong investigation revealed a major DOJ effort troubled by shifting narratives and a lack of focus. Here’s how we got the facts. By Eileen Guo, Jess Aloe, & Karen Hao How we built it. What the Department of Justice changed on its China Initiative webpage. How our database is organized. Our transparency and conflict-of-interest