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2013-02-01

Bao, Yu, Houlden, Gordon

2013-05-01

Kruger, Mark

2017-12-01

Margaret McCuaig Johnston

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...

2020-12-01

Tom Alton, Evan Oddleifson

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...

2015

Kerry Sun

In the past several years, the acquisition and ownership of real estate by foreign individuals and businesses has received growing public, political, and media attention in Canada, especially in Vancouver. Driven by concerns about housing affordability, the origins of foreign capital, and various...

2019-08-01

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...

2015-03-01

Sun, Kerry

2020-10-01

Shaoyan Sun

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...

2019-01-01

Evan Oddleifson

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...

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...