Asia Pacific Archives

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Canadian Foreign Policy Journal: Canada Through the Eyes of Southeast Asia: Positive Perceptions, Shallow Understandings

byIsabel Chew
June 1, 2023

Despite its importance to Canada, there are few, if any, empirical studies on how the Southeast Asian public perceive Canada. Existing elite-level analyses suggest that this perception is mixed – Canada is a likeable but ultimately fair-weather friend

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The Dean of Shandong : Confessions of a Minor Bureaucrat at a Chinese University by Daniel A. Bell

bySaralee Turner
May 30, 2023

This is the nature of demonization. It is assumed that the one or the group being demonized must prove a negative, that he/she/they are not demon(s) and even when the evidence is fictitious or presented wrongly...

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Canada Needs to Regain its Independence from U.S. Foreign Policy—Especially on China

byBhagwant Sandhu
May 24, 2023

Trudeau needs to bring the CSIS leakers to justice, and quickly. With bureaucracy gone rogue, it won’t be China or the Conservatives he will have to worry about, but rather Canada's very survival as a democratic, self-determining nation.

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AAsia Pacific Affairs

Canada’s China Panic is an Omen of Dangerous Cold War Politics

byListen Chen
May 3, 2023

Manufactured fear over ‘foreign interference’ could bolster anti-Chinese racism, chill dissent, and expand policing powers

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The ‘Chinese Interference’ Story Is Rooted In Xenophobia, Economic Decline

byOwen Schalk
April 6, 2023

Ottawa’s anxieties about a power to the East are neuralgic, irrational, and grimly familiar

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Canada’s McCarthyism and the Spies Stirring a Yellow Peril Scare

byAndrew Mitrovica
March 31, 2023

Anonymously but very effectively, they’re peddling racist tropes about the loyalty of Canadians of Chinese descent.

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SStudent Spotlight

An Embassy in the DPRK? Thinking of a Greater Physical Presence in North Korea

byJoy Kwak
March 29, 2023

Student Spotlight for March, Joy Kwak! "Having a stronger physical presence in the region seems to be a key focus of the Indo-Pacific Strategy, and North Korea should not be an exception"