On June 10, 2008, the Canadian Coalition for Democracies held a
one-day symposium entitled:
The People's Republic of China: Foreign Policy Risks and Opportunities
in the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa, Canada.
Some of the best China experts spoke that day, covering topics that
included the setting of Canadian foreign policy by
politically-connected corporations, US foreign policy toward China and
Taiwan, China's weakness in any trade war, religious persecution,
Beijing's belligerence toward Tibet and Taiwan, Communist Party
control of Chinese-language media in the West, the inciting of
violence in the West against Falun Gong and Tibetans, the execution of
prisoners and religious practitioners for organ harvesting, illegal
interference in local affairs by Chinese consulates and embassies,
censoring the internet by Beijing, anti-censorship technology that
opens the world for Chinese citizens, China's insatiable appetite for
resources, China's support for brutal regimes around the world,
nuclear and EMP risks posed by China, and the moral challenge of
dealing with China.
The excellent papers that were presented that day are now available
online.
The papers are presented on CCD's public message forum. If you would
like to post public comments, please scroll to the end of the page and
'Post a Followup'.
For those of you who participated in the event or were part of the
audience, many thanks from CCD. It was an extraordinay day, and
utterly unique in Canada.
Best regards,
Al Gordon
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Alastair Gordon, President
Canadian Coalition for Democracies
PO Box 72602
345 Bloor Street East
Toronto, ON M4W 3J0 Canada
Web: http://CanadianCoalition.com
Email: a.gordon@CanadianCoalition.com