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SUMMARY: The Challenges and Opportunities of Doing Business with China
DESCRIPTION: The Institute of Asian Research is proud to invite Christopher
  Maclean\, Counsellor (Commercial) and Senior Trade Commissioner at the Can
 adian Embassy in Beijing on Tuesday March 3rd\, 2015 from 12:30-2:00pm. A l
 ight lunch will be served.  ABSTRACT: The rapid changes occurring in China 
 present constantly evolving challenges and opportunities in terms of doing 
 business with China. […]
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: <p>The Institute of Asian Research is proud t
 o invite Christopher Maclean\, Counsellor (Commercial) and Senior Trade Com
 missioner at the Canadian Embassy in Beijing on Tuesday March 3rd\, 2015 fr
 om 12:30-2:00pm. A light lunch will be served.</p><p><strong> ABSTRACT:</st
 rong></p><p>The rapid changes occurring in China present constantly evolvin
 g challenges and opportunities in terms of doing business with China.  Mr. 
 MacLean will speak to some of the recent trends\, their significance for Ca
 nadian interests\, and the steps the Embassy in Beijing is taking to addres
 s these.</p><p><strong>ABOUT THE SPEAKER</strong></p><p>Christopher MacLean
  has been Counsellor (Commercial) and Senior Trade Commissioner at the Cana
 dian Embassy in Beijing since July\, 2014\, where he is responsible for man
 aging issues relating to two-way investment\, science and technology cooper
 ation\, as well as promoting bilateral opportunities in the manufacturing a
 nd high-tech sectors.</p><p>Before coming to Beijing\, Mr. MacLean headed u
 p the commercial side of the Greater China Division at the Canadian Dept. o
 f Foreign Affairs\, Trade and Development in Ottawa.  Mr. MacLean was previ
 ously Counsellor (Commercial) and Senior Trade Commissioner at the Canadian
  Embassy in Berlin.  Since joining the diplomatic service in 1986 he has al
 so had assignments in Vienna\, London and Duesseldorf.</p><p>Mr. MacLean ha
 s an M.A. in International Affairs from the Norman Paterson School at Carle
 ton University in Ottawa.  He is married to Roswitha Diehl-MacLean\, and ha
 s three sons.</p><p>View PDF poster <a href="https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/
 wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/05/IAR-Mar-3-2015-CHRISTOPHER-MACLEAN.pdf">
 here</a>.</p><p>RSVP <a href="http://tinyurl.com/ubcMaclean2015">here</a>.<
 /p><p><strong><em>A light lunch will be provided for registered participant
 s.</em></strong></p><p><strong>Sponsor:</strong> Institute of Asian Researc
 h<br /><strong>By:</strong> Christopher Maclean\, Counsellor (Commercial) a
 nd Senior Trade Commissioner at the Canadian Embassy in Beijing<br /><stron
 g>Type:</strong> Seminar</p>
LOCATION:Room 120\, C.K. Choi Building
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 ities-of-doing-business-with-china/
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