China

Fortress of Democracy: Taiwan’s Election Deserves Strong International Support 0
- Analysis
- January 20, 2020
After a fierce electoral campaign, 19 million voters in Taiwan woke up on January 11, 2020, with important choices to make in their country’s presidential and legislative election.

The voting itself is very local. Polling stations, one for every 1500 …
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What Do Canadians Think of China and the US?0
- Analysis
- December 18, 2019
There’s support for contact with China despite worries and uncertainties and a lack of trust in the US, a University of British Columbia survey finds.

Amidst the diplomatic crisis affecting Canada-China relations that has followed the arrests of Huawei chief …
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F-35 Sales Are America’s Belt and Road 0
- Analysis, Repost
- September 22, 2019
By Jonathan D. Caverley, Ethan B. Kapstein and Srdjan Vucetic

While China’s Belt and Road Initiative has captured the headlines, the network of alliances based around Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II offers advanced technology and close ties to the United
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30 Years After Tiananmen: Democracy More Urgent than Ever 0
- Analysis
- May 30, 2019
In early May, US State Department Director of Policy Planning Kiron Skinner was rebuked in China’s English-language media for characterizing US–China relations as a “clash of civilizations.” Skinner’s rhetoric reflects a Cold War mentality that overlooks centuries of mutual contact …
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Conceptualising Markets 0
- Analysis
- May 11, 2019
By Pascale Massot and Julian Gruin

Markets are ubiquitous in contemporary everyday life and society as well as central features of the global economy. Markets have political, economic, social, and cultural origins, as well as consequences. But in the public …
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What Makes a Market Economy?0
- Analysis
- May 11, 2019
By Alice Chessé

What makes a market economy? To many, the answer is simple: they are countries where the market is the main mechanism of resource allocation. Yet, this intuitive definition is at odds with the political impact of the …
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China, State Capitalism, and the Global Financial Order 0
- Analysis
- May 11, 2019
By Johannes Petry

In 1989, capital markets did not exist in China. Fast forward to 2018, China’s capital markets have become the second largest equity markets, second largest futures markets, and third largest bond markets in the world. More …
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A Bad US–China Trade Deal Might Lead to Good Things for the WTO 0
- Analysis
- March 2, 2019
When President Donald Trump announced that the United States was going to delay hiking tariffs on Chinese goods, investors breathed a sigh of relief. Here was a reduction in the risk of an escalation in the trade spat between the …
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Canada, China, and the Trump Doctrine 0
- Analysis
- February 5, 2019
The confrontation between Canada and China set off by the detention of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou has escalated to near-crisis proportions. Canadian citizens have been detained, diplomats dismissed, ominous words uttered. Blame for the situation has been dispersed liberally. Canada …
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Indictments against Huawei: The Downside of Following the US Lead 0
- Analysis
- January 31, 2019
The US government has revealed more of its hand in its looming legal battle against the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei. Two separate US grand jury indictments against the company were unsealed on Monday, alleging criminal misconduct on the part of …
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Canada is on the Front Lines of Challenges to Rule of Law 0
- Analysis
- January 28, 2019
China’s apparent use of Canadian detainees as diplomatic bargaining chips is not just a problem for Canada. It is a challenge to all countries that seek to uphold the rule of law in their domestic and international affairs.

The dispute …
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China and UN Peacekeeping 0
- Analysis
- January 14, 2019
For the last year or so, I have been researching China’s contributions to UN peacekeeping. It has been an interesting journey, culminating in a new CIPS report, 30 years of Chinese Peacekeeping, which will be launched on January 24, …
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