The Centre for Chinese Research has conducted a new interview with the co-creators of the Canadian International Council (CIC) Project series on Canada-China 50th Anniversary & Relations. Please feel free to watch the interview below!
Link to recorded interview: https://bit.ly/2M8Y1eE; passcode: 7m9b^QHI
Phil Calvert Bio: Dr. Phil Calvert is a is a Senior Fellow with the China Institute of the University of Alberta and a Senior Research Associate at the Centre for Asia Pacific Initiatives at the University of Victoria. He served in Beijing as a Trade Commissioner (1984-87), Economic Counsellor (1994-1997) and Minister & Deputy Head of Mission (2004-2008). In Global Affair Canada he served as Director General for North Asia, Deputy Chief Negotiator for Canada during China’s accession to the WTO and as Director of the Technical Barriers to Trade Division. Most recently he spent 2012-2016 as Canada’s ambassador to Thailand, Cambodia and Laos. He has a Ph.D. in Chinese History from the University of Washington. From 2008-2012, as Director General in Ottawa, he managed Canada’s overall trade and political relations with North Asia (China, Japan, Korean peninsula, Hong Kong, Mongolia and Taiwan). Phil Calvert has also spent much of his 30-year career expanding Canada’s ties with China, and he sees his time studying Chinese language and history at UBC as the catalyst for what has become a lifelong passion.
Twitter: @PhilCalvert2
Website: https://sppga.ubc.ca/profile/phil-calvert/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/phil-calvert-9327b4/?originalSubdomain=ca
CIC Project Series: https://thecic.org/research/an-assessment-of-50-years-of-canada-china-relations/
John Gruetzner Bio: John Gruetzner received a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Toronto and studied Mandarin Chinese at the University of Nankai in Tianjin. Prior to returning to Canada, he lived and worked in China for over 37 years. He is a Director on a number of private sector Boards. He is also volunteer Co-Chair of the Pelee Island Bird Observatory, Co-head of the Steering Committee for E-Ranger Lab and active in the formation of the China Policy Centre. Mr. Gruetzner is currently working out of Canada and responsible for international business development for Canadian–based technology firm Syngrafii Inc. He is also the co-founder of Intercedent, a business and investment advisory firm founded in 1988 focused on Asia and remains involved.
Twitter: @JohnGruetzner
Website: https://www.cgai.ca/john_gruetzner
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gruetzner-b06595a/?originalSubdomain=ca
CIC Articles: https://thecic.org/research/an-assessment-of-50-years-of-canada-china-relations/
CIC Project Description: This year marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Canada and China. Now that the relationship is at its lowest ebb since 1970, Canada can neither decouple from this relationship nor take a ‘business-as-usual’ approach that ignores the new realities of China’s international behavior and domestic practices. The Canadian International Council has offered to host an article series commissioned by the China Policy Centre, in cooperation with the University of Alberta’s China Institute, and the support of Global Affairs Canada (which has no editorial control over content).
The purpose of this series is to provide a stimulating, sober, and balanced reflection on the way forward in dealing with this key relationship during this challenging period, including a realistic evaluation of the current and future position each country holds in the other’s political, economic, and global decisions.
Website: https://thecic.org/research/an-assessment-of-50-years-of-canada-china-relations/
China Policy Centre: https://www.chinapolicycentre.com/