Bad advice on Canadian trade policy

I just posted a piece on this subject over on my Substack site: https://donaldclarke.substack.com/p/bad-advice-on-canadian-trade-policy.

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The return of Lu Shaye: China’s least diplomatic diplomat is back on the scene

Lu Shaye, a well known wolf warrior in China’s diplomatic corps, has been appointed China’s special representative for European affairs…

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A dark echo of transnational repression: Taiwan 40 years ago

Phelim Kine’s China Watcher in Politico this issue features “When Taiwan Assassinated an American Citizen,” drawing attention to the 40th…

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China’s Foreign Relations Law: some comments

China’s Foreign Relations Law: Some Comments China’s Foreign Relations Law (FRL) [English | Chinese] came into effect this month. There…

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China adopts restrictive theory of foreign state immunity

In a major change from its long-standing position, China’s draft law on foreign state immunity adopts what’s called the restrictive…

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European Court of Human Rights effectively bars all extraditions to China

On Oct. 6, 2022, the European Court of Human Rights issued a decision, Liu v. Poland, that effectively bars states…

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Charles Lieber’s Conviction as a ‘Victory’ for the China Initiative

Dr. Charles Lieber, the former Chair of Harvard University’s Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department, was convicted yesterday of six criminal…

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The Manning/Burrows article on Biden’s “democracy agenda”: what they get wrong

A recent article by Robert Manning and Mathew Burrows, The Problem with Biden’s Democracy Agenda, criticizes Biden for his supposed…

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The New Zealand Supreme Court’s troubling decision on extradition to China

On June 4th, the New Zealand Supreme Court came out with a decision on extradition to China that I find…

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Anyone who does not sing Beijing’s song will be punished

The following is a guest post by Prof. Andreas Fulda of the University of Nottingham. It began life as a…

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