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  • Sentinels of the Pacific: What Seabirds Tell Us about the Oil Industry

    Sentinels of the Pacific: What Seabirds Tell Us about the Oil Industry

    • June 8, 2018

    When ornithologist Hisashi Sugawa of the Bird Banding Association invited me this May to accompany his team to the ongoing investigation of the Streaked Shearwater (Calonectris leucomelas) on Kanmuri Island, an uninhabited island under the jurisdiction of Maizuru …

    By Scott Simon
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  • Bangladesh on the Move, Part 1:  A Development Breakthrough

    Bangladesh on the Move, Part 1: A Development Breakthrough

    • June 5, 2018

    Bangladesh, a country branded at its birth, in 1971, as a bottomless development basket by Henry Kissinger, marches forward. Proving Kissinger’s words wrong, this development success story unfolds in one of the poorest countries of the world.

    The country moves …

    By Nipa Banerjee
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  • Bangladesh on the Move, Part 2: Future Prospects

    Bangladesh on the Move, Part 2: Future Prospects

    • June 5, 2018

    Read Part 1 of this article here.

    London-based research organization BMI has listed Bangladesh as one of six countries that will be growth performers in the period 2016–2025. Three major factors are identified as boosters of this growth. An …

    By Nipa Banerjee
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  • Need More Proof of Genocide in Myanmar? It’s Being Born Right Now

    Need More Proof of Genocide in Myanmar? It’s Being Born Right Now

    • June 3, 2018

    by John Packer

    Nine months since the violent attacks of August 25, 2017, and thereafter forced 700,000 Rohingya to flee to neighbouring Bangladesh, the first of thousands of pregnancies as a result of rape are coming to term.

    For these …

    By CIPS
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  • Alternative Facts, Chinese Style

    Alternative Facts, Chinese Style

    • May 25, 2018

    China’s increased censorship of foreign websites came to light on May 15, when it was reported that Air Canada had changed the drop-down menus of its destinations to show Taiwan’s capital Taipei as part of China. Air Canada’s capitulation to …

    By Scott Simon
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  • China’s Thought Police Handcuff Canadian Businesses

    China’s Thought Police Handcuff Canadian Businesses

    • May 16, 2018

    When I received Air Canada’s promotional email about a worldwide seat sale this week, I immediately checked their website to book my August trip to Taipei. To my surprise, the list of destinations had been changed to read “Taipei, China” …

    By Scott Simon
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  • Standing Guard on Japan’s Most Western Point

    Standing Guard on Japan’s Most Western Point

    • March 30, 2018

    Yonaguni, Japan’s most westernmost inhabited island (pop. 1745), lies 111 km from Hualien (Taiwan), but more than 2000 km from Tokyo. Yonaguni is part of the Sakishima Islands that include the Yaeyama Islands to the west near Taiwan and the …

    By Scott Simon
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  • After the India Visit: It’s Time for a Trudeau Government Re-Set

    After the India Visit: It’s Time for a Trudeau Government Re-Set

    • March 12, 2018

    Enough has already been said and written about the problems of the prime minister’s recent foray to India. The critics have justifiably not been kind. Even if we discount some of the more partisan allegations, there is substance to …

    By Daniel Livermore
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  • Justin Trudeau’s Trip to India: “Deficient” Organization and a Frigid Welcome

    Justin Trudeau’s Trip to India: “Deficient” Organization and a Frigid Welcome

    • March 6, 2018

    by Maxime Bergeron

    It is too early to call Justin Trudeau’s Indian mission a total failure. But with “deficient” organization, an icy reception from the Indian government, and media coverage dominated by the issues of Sikh extremism and Trudeau’s wardrobe …

    By Nipa Banerjee
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  • Korean Demilitarized Zone Essential to Thousands of Migratory Birds

    Korean Demilitarized Zone Essential to Thousands of Migratory Birds

    • February 11, 2018

    The 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics (February 9–25) and Paralympics (March 9–18) promise a brief respite in tensions on the Korean Peninsula. During inter-governmental talks in January 2018, North and South Korea decided that their teams would march in the Opening …

    By Scott Simon
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  • 2018: A Strong Canada–Japan Relationship Bodes Best for Peace

    2018: A Strong Canada–Japan Relationship Bodes Best for Peace

    • January 10, 2018

    At the dawn of 2018, anxiety and uncertainty seem to loom over the horizon. The most obvious risks come from North Korea, with its missile tests and threats to use nuclear warheads against the United States. President Trump’s threatening rhetoric …

    By Scott Simon
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  • Canada Must Step Up to Help Stop Beijing’s Bullying of Taiwan

    Canada Must Step Up to Help Stop Beijing’s Bullying of Taiwan

    • January 10, 2018

    China began 2018 with a breach of longstanding arrangements for aviation safety in the Taiwan Straits. On 4 January, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) unilaterally opened up northbound civil flights on flight path M503 and three connecting east–west …

    By Scott Simon
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    • May 30, 2019
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