Symbolic Canada-China free-trade talks to begin
With the descent of the TPP and rocky US-China relations, Canada and China’s emerging relationship is prompted with the beginning of exploratory talks on the potential of a free-trade agreement. Featured in a recent Globe and Mail article, MPPGA Professor Dr. Paul Evans explains the significance of this development.
Impact of the TPP cancellation, and American-Japanese and American-Chinese relations in the context of the new US administration
Radio Canada | Jan 24, 2017 | Featuring: Yves Tiberghien (French only)
Ottawa Weeks Away from Starting Free-trade Talks with China
The Globe and Mail | Jan 17, 2017 | Featuring: Dr. Paul Evans
Anthropologists Search NASA Data for Migration and Land Use Patterns in the Himalayas
UBC News | Jan 17, 2017 | Featuring: Dr. Sara Shneiderman and Dr. Mark Turin
Upgraded relationships: Canada posts new Ambassador to China
In the CBC’s Early Edition , MPPGA Professor Yves Tiberghien discusses the potential of China and Canada’s relationship and it’s impact on the US, following the new posting of Hon. John McCallum as Ambassador to China.
On the Nomination of John McCallum as New Ambassador to China
Dr. Yves Tiberghien gave several interviews with CBC on the appointment of John McCallum as ambassador to China. CBC Radio-Canada Phare Ouest (French only) CBC Radio-Canada Boulevard du Pacifique (French only) CBC The Early Edition (segment starts at 52:00)
The power and polarization of the rural vote
Featured in The Atlantic, MPPGA Assistant Professor Kai Ostwald provides a comparison of America’s rural voting power to that of Malaysia’s in 2013, where urban voters were unable to unseat the ruling party despite garnering the popular vote.
On China’s Capital Restrictions, Exchange Rate Tensions, and Impact for Canada
CBC Radio-Canada | Jan 6, 2017 | Featuring: Dr. Yves Tiberghien (French only, segment begins at 18h39)
Accessing Urban Public Space for a Livelihood: India, Thailand and Philippines in comparative perspective
Palgrave-MacMillan | 2016 | Written by: Dr. Gisèle Yasmeen
Why Nepal is Entering the New Year with a Sense of Gloom and Dread
Catch News | Dec 31, 2016 | Featuring: Dr. Sara Shneiderman
Post-2006 Nepal: Surveying the state’s transformation after the end of decade-long civil conflict
Featured in Cambridge University’s Journal of Modern Asian Studies, MPPGA Professor Sara Shneiderman contributes to a review of literature surveying the ongoing transformation of Nepal since 2006, following the end of a decade-long civil conflict between Maoist and state forces.
Japan’s lesson from earthquakes: Spend before the earth shakes
Vancouver Sun | Nov 23, 2016 | Featuring: Centre for Japanese Research
North Korea’s capital lively with activity despite sanctions, report says
UPI | Nov 16, 2016 | Featuring: Dr. Kyung-Ae Park
Canada, China at dawn of golden decade
MPPGA Professor Paul Evans explored with Global Times the status of bilateral relations between Canada and China: Are the two countries having a new golden decade? What can be expected from the bilateral relationship? To learn more, follow the link to the article.
A Wrong Direction in the Steppe
The Economist | Oct 29, 2016 | Featuring: Dr. Julian Dierkes
Green Revolution? Sustainable Development in North Korea
NK News | Oct 28, 2016 | Featuring: Dr. Kyung-Ae Park
China prepares for Dalai Lama’s death by looking to its own top Tibetan cleric
Washington Post | Sep 26, 2016 | Featuring: Dr. Tsering Shakya
Premier Li makes his first visit to Canada
CCTV English | Sep 23, 2016 | Featuring: Dr. Paul Evans
What’s next for Canada and China? Caution urged as Trudeau accused of getting too close to Beijing
National Post | Sep 23, 2016 | Featuring: Dr. Paul Evans
Spectre of Chinese ‘Fox Hunt’ looms over Li Keqiang’s visit to Ottawa with Trudeau
CBC News | Sep 21, 2016 | Featuring: Dr. Paul Evans
PM Trudeau’s trip to China and China’s human rights record
CBC Power and Politics | Sep 1, 2016 | Featuring: Dr. Paul Evans starting at 17:10
Chinese going ‘out of their way’ to welcome Trudeau as AIIB announcement signals rapprochement
National Post | Aug 31, 2016 | Featuring: Dr. Paul Evans
A Chinese dynasty with a 21st-century outlook
The Globe and Mail | Aug 29, 2016 | Featuring: Dr. Timothy Cheek
Challenges and opportunities for social protection of informal workers
Asian Development Blog | Aug 22 2016 | Written by: Dr. Gisèle Yasmeen
La Chine, nouvelle puissance universitaire? (French only)
Le Devoir | Aug 16, 2016 | Featuring: Dr. Yves Tiberghien
CCTV-4 Documentary: Foreigners in China
MPPGA Co-Director Yves Tiberghien was featured in a documentary on CCTV-4 on his work in China and his coordination of the Vision 20 summit in Hangzhou. The documentary tells the story of how Tiberghien became so involved in Asian politics and diplomacy by focusing on his personal life as well as his career.
After 50 years, Tibetans Recall the Cultural Revolution
Radio Free Asia | Aug 9, 2016 | Featuring: Dr. Tsering Shakya
Communication needed before THAAD deployment
MPPGA Co-Director Yves Tiberghien was quoted in the Chinese Radio International article discussing a suggested line of communication between China and the US that is connected to the deployment of THAAD anti-missile system in South Korea. Tiberghien suggests that this can be done on a non-political level.
B.C.’s foreign-buyer tax could help China fight corruption: ex-envoy
Professor Paul Evans was quoted in this Globe and Mail article discussing BC’s new foreign-buyer tax and its effect on relations between Canada and China. Professor Evans believes the new levy will have no impact on relations between Ottawa and Beijing since it is structured in a way that does not single out Chinese nationals.
Teck director’s Chinese government ties raise concerns over foreign influence
Vancouver Sun | Jul 15, 2016 | Featuring: Dr. Yves Tiberghien
What does Britain’s vote to leave the EU mean for other regions?
NEWS 1130 | Jun 24, 2016 | Featuring: Dr. Yves Tiberghien
Canada’s China Strategy is in Desperate Need of Repair
The Globe and Mail | Jun 15 2016 | Written by: Dr. Yves Tiberghien
Canada Needs to ‘Grow Up’ on China: Experts
The Vancouver Sun | Apr 6 2016 | Featuring: Dr. Paul Evans
Co-Operative Security 2.0: Recasting the East Asian Security Order
Global Asia | Spring 2016 | Co-Edited by: Dr. Paul Evans
Asia-Pacific Report: China’s Regional Development Strategy Holds Opportunities for Canadian Companies
The Vancouver Sun | Mar 20 2016 | Featuring: Dr. Wang Yong
Canada and China: Beyond Engagement
The fundamentals of Canada’s approach to the PRC were put in place by the government of Pierre Trudeau after recognition in 1970. They engendered a durable consensus that lasted for a generation, writes SPPGA Professor Paul Evans.