Author: Robert Decher
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Mission To Beijing 2018
MISSION TO BEIJING, CHINA
OCTOBER 29th to NOVEMBER 2nd, 2018
The Beijing People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (hereinafter, the “Beijing Friendship Association”) has invited CCFS Ottawa to send five to six Canadian delegates with expertise in the field of medicine to join a mission to China. Delegates may come from the academia, or may be hospital directors/managers, medical professionals or other professionals linked to the field of medicine.
Beijing Friendship Association will pay for the selected delegates’ expenses during their stay in Beijing for 4 nights and 5 days. However, participants are responsible for their own international airfare and other related travel expenses such as visa, travel insurance, etc.
This is an opportunity for people from Canada who want to learn more about China, expand their professional network in the medical field in China, and share information with other international participants in this field.
Best regards,
Amelia Choi
Co-President
Canada-China Friendship Society, Ottawa
Yuen Pau Woo 
Jim Watson 
Victor Oh -
Senator Yuen Pau Woo
Senator Yuen Pau Woo
October 17, 2018 – 7:30pm
New Challenges in the Canada-China Relationship
Mr. Woo has over three decades’ experience in strategy and policy for business, government and not-for- profit organizations. Widely recognized as a leading thinker on international economic issues and Canada-Asia relations, he was appointed to the Senate of Canada in November 2016, and sits as an independent representing British Columbia.
Prior to joining the Senate, he was President of HQ Vancouver, a public-private partnership that promotes British Columbia as a location for head offices of international companies. From 2005-2014, he was President and CEO of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, where he continues to serve as Distinguished East Asia Fellow. Senator Woo is a member of the Trilateral Commission; Senior Resident Fellow at the Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University; Senior Fellow in Public Policy at the Institute of Asian Research, University of British Columbia; as well as co-founder and President of China Global: The Vancouver Society for Promotion of Chinese Art and Culture. He is chair of the board of the Vancouver Academy of Music, and a member of the Global Council of the Asia Society, as well as on the Advisory Boards of the Mosaic Institute and the Canadian Ditchley Foundation.
From 2002-2012, he was Canada’s representative on the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council and served as the founding chair and principal author of PECC’s flagship State of the Region report. Mr. Woo has previously worked for the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation; and he has been an advisor/consultant to the Asian Development Bank, the World Bank, APEC, and the OECD. He has published widely on international economic issues and contemporary Asian affairs. His previous board appointments include the Public Policy Forum, the Ontario Brain Institute, the Standards Council of Canada, and the Greater Vancouver Advisory Council for the Salvation Army. In 2012, he was honoured with the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Award for his contributions to Canada-Asia relations.
Senator Woo is currently a member of the following Senate Standing Committees: Agriculture and Forestry, Scrutiny of Regulations, Selection, and Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament. In September 2017, Senator Woo was elected as the Facilitator of the Independent Senators Group.
October 17, 2018 – 7:30 p.m.
Christ Church Cathedral
414 Sparks St., Ottawa
(between Bay St. and Bronson Ave)
Free parking on site via Sparks St., handicapped accessAll welcome. Entry is free for CCFS members and $15 for non-CCFS members.
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Mission to Hainan 2018
Upon the invitation of the China People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, as the Co-president of the Ottawa Chapter and a Board Member of the Federation of Canada-China Friendship Associations (FCCFA), I had the privilege and pleasure to co-lead a delegation of representatives from 4 of the 6 chapters of the FCCFA together with the FCCFA President, Michael Copeland, to attend the 8th International Friendship Forum in Hainan, China in November, 2018. This year, we have three representatives from Ottawa, three from Victoria, two from Calgary, and one from Toronto in our Canadian delegation.
The theme of the Forum is “Building Maritime Silk Road, Promoting Common Development”. I also had the opportunity to moderate one of the panel discussions at the Forum on the topic of: “Enhancing Youth Exchanges to Lay a Solid Foundation for Friendship”. Overall, the Forum is a tremendous success.
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The Chinese People’s Association for Friendship Association with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) will host the 8th Friendship Forum in Haikou City, Hainan Province from November 22nd to November 24th this year. The theme of the Friendship Forum is “Building Maritime Silkroad, Promoting Common Development“. As you may recall, the Maritime Silkroad is the Belt Road Initiative of which CCFS Ottawa has organized and hosted a panel discussion earlier this year. In this China mission, CPAFFC will also arrange visits to some other cities within the Hainan Province from November 25th to November 26th after the Friendship Forum to help delegates learn more about Hainan and its development over the past 40 years.
CPAFFC has extended an invitation to the Federation of Canada China Friendship Associations (FCCFA) to join this mission. In response, FCCFA will send a Canadian delegation of up to 10 members, representing the six Canada China Friendship Society chapters in this mission. Each Canada-China Friendship Society chapter will be allocated 1 or 2 delegates based on the 2018 FCCFA tour guidelines.
Michael Copeland (from Toronto Chapter) and Amelia Choi (from Ottawa Chapter) are the Team Leader and the Deputy Team Leader of this mission.
Best regards,
Amelia Choi
Co-President
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James Trottier – China and North Korea: A complex and deep-rooted relationship
James Trottier, former Canadian diplomat in Asia
Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at 7:30pm
The presentation by James Trottier will discuss the relationship between China and North Korea and the roots of this relationship, namely the role that China has historically played on the Korean Peninsula, the way that role evolved in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, China’s involvement in the Korean War and its long aftermath and the current relationship between China and North Korea. He will also discuss the way in which other countries, namely the US, South Korea, Japan and Russia, and the international context have influenced this relationship and the aftermath of the Singapore Summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un.
James Trottier is a Fellow of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute and a former Canadian diplomat from 1982 to 2016.
While heading the political/economic (diplomatic) program at the Canadian Embassy in South Korea from 2013-16, he was concurrently accredited as a diplomat to North Korea with responsibility for political/diplomatic relations and he led four Canadian diplomatic delegations to North Korea. He also served as diplomatic liaison to US/UN Forces in South Korea.
Since leaving the Foreign Service in 2016, Mr. Trottier has written and commented extensively on international affairs, particularly regarding North Korean issues. His articles have appeared in various publications including the Globe and Mail and the Ottawa Citizen. He has also been interviewed on radio and TV in Canada and abroad.
He is regularly consulted by the Government of Canada, like-minded states, think tanks and others and has been a keynote speaker at various conferences, events and panels in Canada and abroad. In June 2018 he was the only Canadian expert invited to participate at a high-level closed-door conference in South Korea of a select group of international experts on North Korea.
Trottier has a law degree (JD) from Osgoode Hall Law School and worked in a major civil litigation law firm in Toronto before joining Canada’s Department of External Affairs. He also has a LL.M. in International Law and a M.A. in Modern History from the University of Toronto.
Tickets available on Eventbrite:
Wednesday, September 19, 2018 – 7:30 p.m.
Christ church cathedral
414 Sparks Street, OttawaRefreshments and conversation following the presentation and Q&A
All are welcome. No pre-registration required. Entry is free for CCFS members and $15 for non-CCFS members. Tickets and membership are available at the door.
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Canada-China Friendship Maple Leaf Festival
CCFS-O would like to congratulate the organizers of the Canada-China Friendship Maple Leaf Festival.
A greeting message from the Prime Minister’s Office was read out during the opening ceremony of the Festival as mentioned in the news.
