Prof Paul Evans, U.B.C. Friend of China

May 20th, 2020  |  Published in CCFSO, Event, Past Event, Zoom Webinar by admin


What does it mean to be a friend of China?

Professor Paul Evans, U.B.C.

Monday, June 15, 2020 at 7:30 p.m.
(Eastern Time)

The idea of friendship is a complicated one in international relations.  It is especially complicated in an era of heightened political tensions and raw emotions in interactions between Western countries and China in the context of complex differences in history, values and institutions.  

The presentation will draw on the experiences and ideas of three individuals –John Fairbank, Pierre Trudeau, and Kevin Rudd–who in different periods and in different ways have advocated deeper contact with China even while holding deep reservations about major elements of China’s domestic and foreign policy actions.  What are the moral dimensions and practical implications of being characterized as a friend of China?  What can we learn from the three about navigating the darkest period in Canada-China relations since the establishment of diplomatic relations?  

Paul Evans is a Professor in the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at the University of British Columbia.  A specialist in trans-Pacific international relations, he has written on issues in Canada-China and US-China relations and Asia Pacific security matters.  His first book in 1988 was John Fairbank and the American Understanding of Modern China and his most recent Engaging China: Myth, Strategy and Aspiration in Canadian Policy from Trudeau to Harper (2014) that in its forthcoming Chinese translation has been updated through the first Justin Trudeau government.

Monday, June 15, 2020 at 7:30 p.m. (Eastern time)

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Topic: CCFS Webinar: Prof. Paul Evans, U.B.C.: What Does It Mean to Be A Friend of China?
Start Time : Jun 15, 2020 07:14 PM

Meeting Recording:
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