Roundtable organized by students at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs (SPPGA).
Speakers: Professor Paul Evans, Wenran Jiang, Pitman Potter, Yves Tiberghien.
The American request for the arrest of Meng Wanzhou, CFO of the Chinese tech company Huawei, puts Canada between a rock and a hard place. Had Canada rejected the request, as widely believed, it could have harmed Canada’s relation with the US. By accepting the request, Canada enraged China. Since the arrest, at least 13 Canadians have been detained in China, one Canadian national was re-trailed and sentenced to death, and one Canadian in transit in China was first detained and then sent back to her point of departure.
This is a moment of crisis.
While media have given lengthy coverage to personal opinions on the current crisis, open conversations among experts have been rare. However, this is exactly the moment when voices of reasons, commitments to open debates, and the courage to face contradictions are the most needed.
Students at UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs (SPPGA) have taken initiatives to invite some of the most prominent experts on the issue in Canada to discuss the crisis. These experts from diverse backgrounds will share their opinions on the development of the crisis, the larger landscape behind the incident, and what needs to be done next and what needed to be avoided.
Asia Now Forum is a student-led-initiative, an element of the Asian Specialization Pilot Project at School of Public Policy and Global Affairs.
