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From Field Surgery to Advanced Robotics: Sino-Canadian Relations in Science and Technology, 1938-2018
Download2017-12-01
Today, China is a leading innovator in many science-related fields, including robotics, artificial intelligence, medical technology, space exploration, and renewable energy production. However, China’s success story in science and technology was advanced, in part, by historical support and...
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FOREIGN INVESTMENT REVIEW IN CANADA - Assessing Chinese Investment Amid a Re-Evaluation of the Investment Canada Act
Download2020-12-01
The China Institute at the University of Alberta (CIUA) is pleased to publish this Occasional Paper, titled “Foreign Investment Review in Canada: Assessing Chinese Investment amid a Re-Evaluation of the Investment Canada Act.” As Canada confronts historic global and bilateral challenges, the...
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Examining Huawei's Growth & Global Reach: Key Implications, Issues, and the Canadian Connection
Download2019-08-01
Zaamout, Noureddin, Alton, Tom, Houlden, Gordon
The China Institute at the University of Alberta (CIUA) is pleased to publish this Occasional Paper titled “Examining Huawei’s Growth and Global Reach: Key Implications, Issues and the Canadian Connection.” This is the first publication by the China Institute on the subject of Huawei, but is one...
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2020-10-01
Three months after Huawei CFO, Meng Wanzhou, was arrested in Vancouver in December 2018, China decided to stop purchasing canola from two major Canadian canola exporters -- Richardson and Viterra. Most mainstream media sources identify the canola embargo as a political issue, whereby Beijing is...
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2019-01-01
Since its launch in 2006, Google Trends has provided valuable data on the search patterns of internet users. This data has important applications for content and sentiment analysis, measuring public attitudes, public interest, unemployment, issue salience as well as surveilling, describing, and...
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2020-01-01
Evan Oddleifson,, Tom Alton, Sarah, Clifford
As China’s global economic and political stature has grown, so too has its relationship with Canada. The year 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of formal Canada-China diplomatic relations, which comes at a time of heightened tension in global politics and, in particular, Canada’s relationship with...
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China in Canadian Newspapers - January 2015 to May 2018: A Mass Data Analysis - The Calm Before the Storm
Download2019-01-01
China’s extraordinary transformation has captured Canadians’ attention and elicited questions about the global future. In the 1980s, China accounted for a minor fraction of the global economy and had little influence outside its borders, save for some neighbouring countries. In the 1990s, China...
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2020-08-01
Technology firms, as outlined in this Occasional Paper, face special challenges in the China market. Far better for small and medium-sized Canadian companies to be aware of these risks before venturing into the Chinese market. The size and complexity of the Chinese economic landscape is...