Opinions

For bright young minds in China and US, curiosity and pragmatism outpace nationalism, distrust

    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...

Blind Spots in Canadian Foreign Policy

  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...

Economists worry growing conflict with China will make Canada and the world poorer

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...

The Canadian ship of state leaks again

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...

Justice Department drops China spy initiative as past target speaks out

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...

Is Canadian paranoia hurting relations with China and India?

  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...

Despite US-China decoupling talk, Chinese businesses are flourishing in America

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...

Canada: Why the country wants to bring in 1.5m immigrants by 2025

  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...

How the model minority myth holds Asian Americans back at work—and what companies should do

  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...