CCFS Webinar with His Excellency CONG Peiwu

August 14th, 2020  |  Published in CCFSO, Event, Past Event, Zoom Webinar by admin

CCFS Webinar with His Excellency CONG Peiwu,
Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China
on China-Canada Relations


Thursday, September 10, 2020 at 7:30 p.m. (Eastern Time)

Many thanks to H.E. Cong Peiwu, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China, for joining us as our distinguished guest speaker at our September 10, 2020 webinar.  We greatly appreciate the opportunity to have heard first hand from H.E. Cong on such a wide range of crucial topics on Canada-China relations.  Thanks also to all the attendees for your active participation by sending in so many candid questions, both prior to and during the webinar.  And thank you for your very positive feedback.

Please find here the full text of Ambassador Cong’s keynote speech at the webinar:

http://ca.china-embassy.org/eng/sgxw/t1814885.htm

Due to the popular demand and requests from our attendees, we have transcribed the entire Q&A session which can be accessed here:

Q&A Transcript PDF file 

Mr. CONG became Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to Canada in 2019.  This was his second appointment in Canada.  From 2000 to 2003, he was Second Secretary, then First Secretary, at the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China here.  From 2009 to 2014, Mr. CONG served as Minister-Counsellor, then Minister, at the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.  During the intervening years from 1992 to 2019, Mr. CONG had various positions in the Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.  He was Director-General of that department from 2014 to 2019.  Ambassador CONG graduated from China Foreign Affairs University.

 

Thursday, September 10, 2020 at 7:30 p.m. (Eastern Time)

Q&A will follow the presentation

Registration is required for this Zoom webinar event at this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6OTX5BQfT6iqyt73CPkyJQ. 

Please register early to avoid disappointment, as there is a limited number of spaces for this event.

If you prefer to send in questions for the Q&A session prior to the event, please send them to contact.ccfso@gmail.com.  For more information, please visit www.ccfso.org, email contact.ccfso@gmail.com or call 613-729-3660. 

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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)

Q&A will follow the presentation.

Registration is required for this Zoom webinar event. Please register at this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_b3HKme1PQvSDfn4Epn0GlA

After successful registration, you will receive a link and a password to the webinar. Please retain the information for your access to the webinar and do not share it with others.

Registration is limited to 100 people. Please register early to avoid disappointment.

You are welcome to raise questions during the webinar through Zoom’s Q&A function. If you prefer to send in questions before the event, please send them to contact.ccfso@gmail.com.

For more information please visit www.ccfso.org, or email contact.ccfso@gmail.com.

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:
https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/wM1aH77s00ZIabPsr2LWVbUGLoW6aaa8hiEY__VcmUZJsEzyGRO0a9uzYLocaXNO

March 21st, 2019  |  Published in CCFSO, Past Event by admin

As a result of demographic shifts and the accumulation of significant financial liabilities, China needs to change its growth model.  It can no longer rely on increasing inputs to drive its growth but needs to find ways to use its existing resources as efficiently as possible.  In short, China must increase its productivity and raise domestic value added. While there are signs this is occurring, China’s progress could be derailed by the trade war.  In this presentation, Mark will discuss the factors that are leading China to reorient its economy, assess progress to date and analyse the risks associated with the trade war.  

Mark began his career at the Alberta Petroleum Marketing Commission in Calgary, Alberta in 1982. He joined the Bank of Canada in 1989 as an economist in the Monetary and Financial Analysis Department. He moved to the International Economic Analysis Department in 1992, where he held a number of positions including Assistant Chief responsible for international financial policy and emerging market issues.  He served as a Senior Advisor to the Canadian Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund from 2003 to 2006.  From 2006 to 2013, Mark headed the Economic and Financial Section in the Canadian Embassy in Beijing.  In September 2013, he returned to the Bank as a Senior Director in the International Economic Analysis Department.  In June 2019, Mark retired from the Bank and began to work as a Shanghai-based consultant on economic and financial issues related to China.

Tuesday, September 24 – 7:30 p.m.

Christ Church Cathedral
414 Sparks Street, Ottawa
(between Bay St. and Bronson Ave)
Free parking on site off Sparks St., handicapped access

All are welcome.  No pre-registration required.  Entry is free for CCFS members and $10 for non-CCFS members. Tickets and membership are available at the door. 

For more information:            

email:   contact.ccfso@gmail.com

 

or call:  613-729-3660