Charles
Burton
Department of Political
Science
Brock University
St. Catharines,
Ontario L2S 3A1 Canada
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The Department of Political Science has a page about me with
biographical information in the Department’s Faculty listing: http://www.brocku.ca/social-sciences/undergraduate-programs/political-science/faculty-and-staff/professors-by-area/charles-burton
For Course Outlines click here
For downloadable photo of me click here or here
Click here for a page about my CIC report A
Reassessment of Canada's Interests in China and Options for Renewal of Canada's
China Policy
Click here for a page about my DFAIT
report Assessment of the Canada-China Bilateral Human Rights Dialogue and
related Parliamentary Committee Hearings
My views on panda diplomacy are quoted in Mark MacKinnon's report "Pandas heading to Toronto, oiling the wheels of Canada-China relations" published in the Globe and Mail February 2, 2011: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/pandas-heading-to-toronto-oiling-the-wheels-of-canada-china-relations/article2323380/. Actually I do find those black and white furry things rather lovable, despite what the article says about my panda perspective.
My views are quoted in Sneh Duggal's report "Measuring Harper in the Middle Kingdom" published in Embassy - Canada's Foreign Policy Newspaper on February 1, 2012: http://bit.ly/wfkS43
My interview with Linda Du "China will Suppress Harper's Call for Human Rights, the Prime Minister is Visiting China to Sell Oil Hoping to Reduce the Trade Imbalance" was published in the Ming Pao on January 31, 2012: "哈珀提人權 中國將反擊 總理訪華銷石油盼減貿易差" 明報新聞網海外版 - 加東版 - 要聞 http://www.mingpaotor.com/htm/News/20120131/taa1.htm
My interview with Lynn Desjardins is included in her report "Canada encouraged to press human rights issues during PM’s visit to China" broadcast on Radio Canada International on January 30, 2012: http://www.rcinet.ca/english/column/the-link-s-top-stories/15-59_2012-01-30-canada-encouraged-to-press-human-rights-issues-during-pmrsquo-s-visit-to-china/
I was interviewed about Prime MInister Harper's upcoming state visit to China by Ezra Levant broadcast on Sun News "The Source" on January12, 2012.
My interview with Lynn Desjardins on the leadership transition in North Korea was broadcast on the Radio Canada International English language service on December 28: http://www.rcinet.ca/english/program/the-link/archives/episode/16-02_2011-12-28-the-link-wednesday-december-28-2011/
My Op-Ed comparing the presidencies of Kim Jong-il and Vaclav Havel was published in the Ottawa Citizen under the title "North Korea could have used a Havel" http://www.ottawacitizen.com/touch/story.html?id=5894727 on December 22, 2011 and in the Vancouver Sun as "A study in presidential contrasts" http://www.vancouversun.com/news/study+presidential+contrasts/5897420/story.html and on Canada.com http://www2.canada.com/story.html?id=5894727, Montreal Gazette http://www.montrealgazette.com/touch/story.html?id=5894727, etc. It was also published in the Halifax Chronicle-Herald on January 4, 2012 as "A tale of two presidents taking countries down opposite paths": http://thechronicleherald.ca/opinion/48616-tale-two-presidents-taking-countries-down-opposite-paths. It was published as "A tale of two vastly different presidents" in the Hamilton Spectator on January 6, 2012: http://www.thespec.com/mobile/opinion/article/649871
My views on the changing situtation in North Korea were reported in Erica Bajers' report "Dictator's death met with concern in Niagara" published in the Niagara Falls Review on December 19, 2011: http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3410111. It was published as “What’s next for North Korea?” in the St. Catharines Standard on December 20, 2011, A1 and A7.
An interview with me in Mandarin on the leadership succession in North Korea by Anddy Zhao was broadcast on Radio Canada International on December 19 (starts about 7 minutes in after the news): http://www.rcinet.ca/radio/index.php?language=zh&type=program&media=audio&id=873
My interview with Ezra Levant about China's property bubble and revisions to China's criminal procedures law broadcast on Sun TV "The Source" December 13, 2011: http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/video/search/all/china-collapsing/1325944414001
My interview with Anddy Zhao on espionage in Canada on CBC Radio Canada International Mandarin Service broadcast December2, 2011: http://www.rcinet.ca/chinese/column/Canadian_politics/10-42_2011-12-02-/
My views are quoted in Peter Worthington's column "Feds willing to expand CSIS mandate" published in the Toronto Sun on November 13, 2011: http://m.torontosun.com/2011/11/13/feds-willing-to-expand-csis-mandate
I was part of a panel discussing China's state corporations' investments in the Canadian energy sector broadcast on the TVO program "The Agenda with Steve Paikin" on November 9, 2011: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qfp_8CDiDw&feature=channel_video_title
My report on Canada-China Relations published by the Canadian International Council was referenced in John Ivison's report "Harper may let Canada's spy service conduct foreign espionage" The National Post, November 7, 2011, pp. A1, A5: http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2011/11/06/john-ivison-conservatives-may-let-csis-off-its-chain/
My Op-Ed "China's hit-and-run morality" published in The Globe and Mail was discussed in Mira Sucharov's article "The fine line between bigotry and fair cultural critique" published in the Israeli news site Haaretz on November 6, 2011: http://www.haaretz.com/blogs/the-fifth-question/the-fine-line-between-bigotry-and-fair-cultural-critique-1.393987 also published in Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/mira-sucharov/the-line-between-bigotry-_b_1078484.html
I was interviewed by Ezra Levant on October 27, 2011 for the Sun TV program "Prime Time" in a segment entitled "Buh-Bye Huawei" about Chinese telecommunication equipment sourced by Canadian mobile telephone companies, despite this company being barred from investment in the USA due to security concerns: http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/video/featured/prime-time/867432237001/buh-bye-huawei/1244621192001
An Interview with me on "40 years in UN: the change of China's role on international stage" was broadcast on the Mandarin Service of Radio Canada International on October 25: http://www.rcinet.ca/chinese/program/voice_from_the_north/home/date/25-10-2011/ (after the news)
OMNI-TV Cantonese News and Mandarin News programs included an interview with me about the paper I gave at the University of Toronto on October 18 entitled "Implications for the Government of Canada of Closer Economic Engagement with the PRC". The paper was also reported in the Chinese language World Daily News (Toronto Edition) on October 19, p. A11: http://epapertor.worldjournal.com/showtor.html?XUGCnTZipJOLA+rGHIe+0A==,MMV3f+xDb0CKYCyOu+WesQ== and in Jianada Jiayuan the same day: http://www.iask.ca/news/canada/2011/1019/97744.html
My views on the Foshan Market Incident were quoted in the Globe and Mail editorial "In Foshan, China, a street without a heart" on October 18: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/in-foshan-china-a-street-without-a-heart/article2205361/
My Op-Ed on the same issue "China's hit-and-run morality" was published in the Globe and Mail on October 20: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/chinas-hit-and-run-morality/article2207028/
I participated in a panel discussion on the same matter broadcast on the Mandarin Service of Radio Canada International on October 20: http://www.rcinet.ca/chinese/program/voice_from_the_north/home/date/20-10-2011/ (right after the news)
Interview with John Robson Sun TV September 23 “Charles Burton of Brock University on whether the west should be worried about China launching a space station.” http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/video/search/all/red-rising/1178602467001
Interview with Jacqui Delaney on Sun TV “Flirt Fallout” September 15, 2011 http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/video/search/all/flirt-fallout/1161605206001.
Interview with me included in Andrea Janus’s report, “Are Dechert E-mails Evidence of Chinese Espionage?” http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20110916/dechert-emails-espionage-china-potential-risks-110917/#.TnSwMViodno.email.
Interview with me on Sun News Live with Brian Dunstan “Dechert and jeopardizing national security; also, how does this compare to Bernier case?” September 17, 2011.
I am quoted in Arthur Weinreb “Canadian government not taking espionage seriously” September 18, 2011 http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/311645. Interview with Anddy Zhao on Radio Canada International Mandarin Service September 19: http://www.rcinet.ca/chinese/program/voice_from_the_north/home/date/19-09-2011/.
An interview with me is featured in Colin Freeze, Jane Taber and Steven Chase's report "Baird stands by MP who flirted by e-mail with Chinese reporter" published in the Globe and Mail on Monday September 12, 2011: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/baird-stands-by-mp-who-flirted-by-e-mail-with-chinese-reporter/article2161321/.
CBC Radio "The Current": http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/episode/2011/09/14/china-spies/
Interviews on CKTB St. Catharines, CFRA Ottawa, CKOM Saskatchewan,
Video of CTV Power Play interview between me and Don Martin "Tory MP facing pressure to step down over flirty emails": http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Politics/20110912/mp-passed-security-check-after-emailing-chinese-journalist-110912.
David Akin, “Daily Brief” Sun TV September 12, 2011,
Newswire with Jacqui Delaney http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/video/1157843957001 also same day (September 13) "The Source” with Ezra Levant.
"Flirty emails not big news: Baird" The Mississauga News: http://www.mississauga.com/news/article/1080038--flirty-emails-not-big-news-baird,
Lee Berthiaume "Flirtation between cabinet minister, Chinese journalist must be taken seriously: analysts": http://www.canada.com/news/Flirtation+between+cabinet+minister+Chinese+journalist+must+taken+seriously+analysts/5390580/story.html and http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Flirtation+between+cabinet+minister+Chinese+journalist+must+taken/5390580/story.html and many other papers in Canada.
"Canada MP slammed for flirting with Chinese reporter" Times of India: http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-13/rest-of-world/30148564_1_chinese-journalist-foreign-minister-chinese-reporter,
Lee Berthiaume "Email exchanges between MP, Chinese journalist a serious matter: analysts" National Post: http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/09/12/email-exchanges-between-mp-chinese-journalist-a-serious-matter-analysts/,
Agence France Presse, "Canada MP slammed for flirting with China reporter": http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gfEKNbUSNZDmeaindDt1QjPZY7-g?docId=CNG.37f490980793ed822010b69c4858a6ab.c51,
"Canada a target-rich environment for Chinese spies" London Free Press: http://www.lfpress.com/news/canada/2011/09/15/18691946.html.
Steven Chase and Colin Freeze "China’s Xinhua a trap for unwary Western politicians" http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/chinas-xinhua-a-trap-for-unwary-western-politicians/article2163578/.
"Canada MP Bob Dechert in hot water over flirtatious emails with Chinese journalist" The Telegraph (Sydney Australia) http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/breaking-news/canada-mp-in-hot-water-over-flirtatious-emails-with-chinese-journalist/story-e6freuyi-1226135373922,
Mark Kennedy "Dechert emails underline need to guard against Chinese espionage: Expert" Montreal Gazette http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Dechert+emails+underline+need+guard+against+Chinese+espionage+Expert/5403628/story.html,
Mark Kennedy "Step aside for now, former envoy advises" http://www.ottawacitizen.com/story_print.html?id=5404663&sponsor=
"Beware of Chinese spies, experts warn" http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3301625
"Canada a target-rich environment for Chinese spies" http://www.torontosun.com/2011/09/15/canada-a-target-rich-environment-for-chinese-spies
"Storm Over Canadian MP’s Flirtatious Emails to Xinhua Reporter" http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2011/09/storm-over-canadian-mps-flirtatious-emails-to-xinhua-reporter/ and reports carried in translation in Chinese language newspapers in Canada, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, etc.
An interview with me by Ezra Levant about China's foreign policy was broadcast on the Sun TV program "The Source" on August 25, 2011.
My views are quoted in Mark MacKinnon's report "Canadian diplomatic trips to China accomplished little, U.S. ambassador says" published in the Globe and Mail on August 25, 2011: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canadian-diplomatic-trips-to-china-accomplished-little-us-ambassador-says/article2139940/
A report based on an interview of me by Lynn Desjardins "Canada Looking to Up Trade with China" was the lead item on the August 12, 2011 broadcast of Radio Canada International's program "The Link": http://www.rcinet.ca/english/column/the-link-s-top-stories/16-07_2011-08-12-canada-looking-to-up-trade-with-china/
My views are quoted in Campbell Clark's report "Stephen Harper plans China trip to strengthen ties" published in the Globe and Mail on August 11, 2011: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/stephen-harper-plans-china-trip-to-strengthen-ties/article2126005/
An interview with me is quoted in Tara Chislett's report in the New Brunswick Daily Gleaner "Province sees dollars and 'sense' in partnerships with China" published on August 9: http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/front/article/1430315
My views are quoted in Carl Meyer's report "Are Chinese Spies Getting An Easy Ride?" published in Embassy Magazine on July 27, 2011: http://www.embassymag.ca/page/view/spies-07-27-2011#
My Op-Ed on Lai Changxing matter was published in the Globe and Mail on July 25, 2011: "Farewell, Mr. Lai!": http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/farewell-mr-lai/article2106998/
My views are quoted in Charlie Gillis's report "Playing footsie with Beijing: Are the Tories sacrificing human rights for business opportunities?” published in Maclean's magazine on Friday, July 22, 2011: http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/07/22/playing-footsie-with-beijing/
Charles Burton, associate professor of political science at Brock University who is a former diplomat in Beijing and has written books on the Middle Kingdom, says the key to moving forward might be for Mr. Baird to become familiar with the changing situation in China. At that point, he may adjust Canada's foreign policy to become engaged in trying to support the agents of change in the country-as opposed to trying to convince the Chinese Communist Party leadership that democracy and human rights are simply a good thing. This will involve more of what Mr. Baird referred to as "people-to-people" ties, rather than government-to-government.” China strategy needed to confront human rights": http://embassymag.ca/page/view/chinastrategy-07-20-2011
My interview with Ezra Levant on the upcoming visit to China by John Baird, Minister of Foreign Affairs was broadcast on the Sun News Network program "The Source" on July 15, 2011.
I participated in a panel on “Revisiting China’s One-Child Policy” broadcast on the Business News Network program “Headline” on May 19, 2011. Part One can be viewed here: http://watch.bnn.ca/#clip469909. Part Two can be viewed here: http://watch.bnn.ca/#clip469910.
My views on the impact of the Canadian election result on
Canada's China policy was quoted by the Radio France International Chinese
service on May 3, 2010: http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD/20110503-%E5%8A%A0%E6%8B%BF%E5%A4%A7%E4%BF%9D%E5%AE%88%E5%85%9A%E8%B5%A2%E5%BE%97%E5%A4%A7%E9%80%89%E5%B0%86%E6%98%8E%E7%A1%AE%E5%AF%B9%E5%8D%8E%E6%94%BF%E7%AD%96
Becky Hung’s interview with me on the China policies
of Canada’s major political parties was broadcast on OMNI TV Mandarin
Weekend on April 30, 2011. Audio portion can be heard here.
Brian Lilley’s interview with me on the situation of Christians in China and the proposed DFAIT Office of Religious Freedom was broadcast on Sun News Network program “Byline” on April 29, 2011. Audio portion can be heard here.
An interview with me was used in OMNI TV Alberta Mandarin News’s report on the election of Lobsang Sangay as Prime Minister of the Tibetan Government in Exile was broadcast on April 29, 2011. It can be watched at http://www.omniab.ca/news/?language=1 or audio only here.
My interview with Radio Canada International Mandarin service on the election of Lobsang Sangay as Prime Minister of the Tibetan Government in Exile was broadcast on April 28, 2011: http://www.rcinet.ca/chinese/column/China-relevant-reports/14-23_2011-04-28-/
An interview with me entitled "A Majority Government Will Benefit Canada's China Policy Formulation" appeared in the Toronto and Vancouver editions of the Ming Pao on April 17, 2011. http://www.mingpaotor.com/htm/News/20110417/tab1.htm
My Op-Ed co-authored with Neil Desai "Promoting pluralism abroad must be a foreign policy pillar" was published in the Globe and Mail on April 13, 2011, p. A21: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/promoting-pluralism-abroad-must-be-a-foreign-policy-pillar/article1982544/
My interview with Radio Canada International Mandarin service on implications of unrest in Libya on China was broadcast on February 24, 2011: http://www.rcinet.ca/radio/index.php?language=zh&type=program&media=audio&id=541
My interview with Mike Hornbrook on allegations of Chinese cyber-espionage was broadcast on CBC News “World Report” on February 18, 2010 can be heard here. Item about this has also appeared on the CBC website as "Hackers after weapon information: expert" http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2011/02/18/federal-government-cyber-hacking.html. An article in the Toronto Ming Pao “Expert Discusses Foreign Hackers’ Attacks on Federal Government Networks, Hackers Seek Information on New Weapon’s Development Policy” also summarizes my statements about this on the CBC: http://www.mingpaotor.com/htm/News/20110219/tdf1.htm. Also picked up by UPI in a longer version: "Canadians suspect China in cyberattacks" http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/02/18/Canadians-suspect-China-in-cyberattacks/UPI-35191298040667/. Audio for my interview on Hamilton CHCH TV news about cyber-espionage can be heard here. A longer interview on this subject with CKNW radio in Vancouver can be heard here.
My interview with Chinese Service of Radio Canada International on situation in Egypt broadcast February 2, 2011 can be heard here: http://www.rcinet.ca/radio/index.php?language=zh&type=program&media=audio&id=521
An interview with me is quoted in Tim Shufelt's report "China's baby steps toward world currency domination" published in the National Post on January 29, 2010, p. FP6: http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/China+baby+steps+toward+world+currency+domination/4188634/story.html
My letter entitled “University no longer a fun time” was published in the National Post on January 25, 2011, p. A15: http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/University+longer+time/4160421/story.html
My interview with Radio Canada International on China-West relations broadcast January 21, 2011: http://www.rcinet.ca/english/column/the-link-s-top-stories/16-30_2011-01-21-chinese-leader-s-disappointing-u-s-visit/
My Op-Ed “Hu Isn’t
China” was published in the Globe
and Mail on January 20, 2011, p. A19:
http://www.theglobeandmail.
I did CBC syndication interviews on morning radio shows in Quebec City, Ontario AM, Gander, Corner Brook, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Calgary, and Whitehorse about US-China relations on January 19, 2011.
My interview on CBC Lang and O'Leary Exchange about selling seal meat in
China broadcast on January 12, 2011: (starts at about 42 minutes
in): http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/News/TV_Shows/Lang_&_O'Leary_Exchange/1308689786/ID=1739979147
An interview with me is quoted in Campbell Clark's report "China
turns chilly on human rights dialogue" published in the Globe and Mail on January 6, 2011: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/asia-pacific/china-turns-chilly-on-human-rights-dialogue/article1860772/.
It makes reference to a Wikileaked cable that
discusses my analysis of human rights dialogues with China: http://www.aftenposten.no/spesial/wikileaksdokumenter/article3960156.ece
My interview with Lynn Desjardins on the English Service of Radio Canada International on Korean strategic instability broadcast on December 20 can be heard at: http://www.rcinet.ca/english/column/the-link-s-top-stories/16-28_2010-12-20-korean-tensions-ease-as-north-korea-backs-down/
My interview on award of Nobel Peace Prize to Liu Xiaobo broadcast on the Mandarin Service of Radio Canada International on December 10 can be heard here.
An interview with me is quoted in Mark MacKinnon's report "China uses newfound clout to lash out at Nobel's choice of Liu" published in the Globe and Mail December 10, 2010: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/asia-pacific/china-uses-newfound-clout-to-lash-out-at-nobels-choice-of-liu/article1832155/singlepage/#articlecontent
My interview on North Korea broadcast on the Mandarin Service of Radio Canada International on December 2 can be heard here: http://www.rcinet.ca/chinois/chronique/International-report/11-04_2010-12-02-/
My Op-Ed "North Korea can always count on China" was published in the Toronto Star on November 28, 2010: http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/897728--north-korea-can-always-count-on-china It also appeared in the Vancouver Sun on November 30 under the title "China will steadfastly support North Korea": http://www.vancouversun.com/news/China+will+steadfastly+support+North+Korea/3903884/story.html It can also be found at http://www.canada.com/story_print.html?id=3903884&sponsor= and in the Calgary Herald http://www.calgaryherald.com/mobile/story.html?id=3903884
I am quoted in Linda Du's report "China's New Ambassador to Canada Presents Credentials: Scholar Believes Zhang Yunsai Can Help Canada and China Come to Understandings and Find Common Ground" published in the Ming Pao on November 24, 2010: http://www.mingpaotor.com/htm/News/20101124/tac1.htm
An interview with me was part of Lynn Desjardins report "Mounting Tensions on Korean Peninsula Worry" broadcast on Radio Canada International on November 23, 2010: http://www.rcinet.ca/radio/index.php?language=en&type=chronicle&media=audio&id=1230
An interview with me about Chinese Ambassador Zhang Yunsai's presentation of credentials to the Governor-General was broadcast on OMNI Mandarin News on November 23, 2010. The audio portion of it can be heard here.
My Op-Ed "The Dalai Lama's Elusive Dream" was published in The Toronto Star on October 22: http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/879416--the-dalai-lama-s-elusive-dream. It was published in the Montreal Gazette under the title "China seeks to silence the Dalai Lama's moderate voice" on October 22: http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/China+seeks+silence+Dalai+Lama+moderate+voice/3713838/story.html
Co-broadcast by Radio Canada International and Beijing Radio to mark the 40th Anniversary of Canada-China relations was aired on October 13 & 14: http://am774.rbc.cn/netfm/english_service/zt/canada40/index.htm Beijing Radio broadcasted the special programs on 3 frequencies: AM 828, FM 100.6 (News Channel) and AM 774 (Radio 774). The web page for my interviews for these programs can be see at: http://am774.rbc.cn/netfm/english_service/zt/canada40/cf/201010/t20101009_622422.htm They also posted some photos taken at Brock at: http://am774.rbc.cn/netfm/english_service/zt/canada40/report/201010/t20101009_622410.htm
Interview with me on political impact in China of Liu Xiaobo winning the Nobel Peace Prize broadcast on Radio Canada International Chinese service broadcast on October 10, 2010 can be heard here.
Interview with me about North Korea by Marc Montgomery broadcast on Radio Canada International “The Link” on September 24, 2010 http://www.rcinet.ca/english/column/the-link-s-top-stories/dangerous-tension-between-north-and-south-korea-/
My op-ed “The China-Korea Puzzle” was published in The Globe and Mail on September 3, 2010, p. A15: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/the-china-korea-puzzle/article1694254/. There is more discussion this op-ed at http://www.cankor.ca/op-ed--the-china-korea-puzzle.php, This article is quoted in the National Endowment for Democracy publication Democracy Digest under the title "China can stop North Korea's dynasty?" http://www.demdigest.net/blog/regions/china-can-stop-north-korea%e2%80%99s-dynasty.html
My article “The Life, Times and Art of Mr. Zhang Dichen” can be read at: http://home.cogeco.ca/~joyofnatureartgallery/Articles2.htm. The Chinese version of this can be read at: http://home.cogeco.ca/~joyofnatureartgallery/Articles2.1.htm
An interview with me published as "Setting Up Confucius Institutes Abroad Highlights the Strengthening of Chinese Soft Power" appeared in the Singtao Daily News on July 8, 2010: http://news.singtao.ca/toronto/2010-07-08/city1278578033d2592986.html#
An interview with me is quoted in Adrian Morrow's report "Dalai Lama to visit Canada this fall" published in The Globe and Mail on July 7, 2010, p. A2: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/dalai-lama-to-visit-canada-this-fall/article1631062/
Interview with Shi Lifang about China’s participation in the G20 broadcast on June 27, 2010 on Radio Canada International Mandarin Program can be downloaded here or here.
My views are quoted in this article in the Globe and Mail: "Chinese president's visit a hopeful sign for strained Canadian relationship" June 25, 2010: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/chinese-presidents-visit-a-hopeful-sign-for-strained-canadian-relationship/article1617352/
I was interviewed on CKTB radio about comments of the CSIS Director with regard to Canadian politicians accused of beign subverted by Chinese intelligence services on June 25, 2010. Similar interviews with me were broadcast on CBC Toronto "Metro Morning" and CBC Vancouver "On the Coast" on June 24. The Metro Morning interview can be heard at http://www.cbc.ca/metromorning/2010/06/corrupt-officials.html or here.
An interview with me about Canada-China relations broadcast on BNN June 23, 2010 can be viewed at: http://watch.bnn.ca/the-street/june-2010/the-street-june-23-2010/#clip317330
A long interview with me (including photo) entitled "China and the U.S. Will Be the Main Players at the Toronto Summit" was published in the Shanghai Morning Post on June 23: http://www.jfdaily.com/a/1186754.htm. An English translation of this interview can be read at: http://charlesburton.blogspot.com/2010/07/translation-of-interview-published-in.html
I am quoted in Carl Meyer's report "Canada-China: Hu visit caps a triumphant rise in relations" which was published in Embassy on June 23, 2010: http://www.embassymag.ca/page/view/china-06-23-2010
"Hoping Canada and China Will Become More Trusting of Each Other and that the ADS will Be Signed and Trade Imbalance Reduced" that is about my views on Canada-China relations appeared in the Toronto Ming Pao on June 22: http://www.mingpaotor.com/htm/News/20100622/taa8.htm It is also available at http://news.newstarnet.com/gb/MainNews/NorthAmerica/2010_6_22_8_31_38_583.html An English translation of this interview can be read at: http://charlesburton.blogspot.com/2010/07/translation-of-interview-published-in_04.html
My op-ed "Economic Titan China Needs To Act Like A Leader" was published in the Toronto Star on June 17, 2010: http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/824570--economic-titan-china-needs-to-act-like-a-leader. It was also published in the Edmonton Journal on June 23 as "China's new prominence brings new responsibilities": http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/China+prominence+brings+responsibilities/3189521/story.html and in the Halifax Chronicle Herald as "China needs to act like a leader" http://thechronicleherald.ca/Opinion/1188657.html
An interview with me was published on the front page of the
Toronto Ming Pao
on June 15, 2010. The report is entitled: "Canada-China Relations Continue
to Develop: Hu Jintao Will
Make an Official Visit to Canada Prior to
My views are quoted in Campbell Clark's report "
My letter entitled "A
'dangerous' rock star?" was published in
the National Post on April 7,
2010, p. A15: http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=2771383
Media coverage relating to my
paper presentation "'Gongmin Shehui'
Citizenship and Civil Society in China at University of Toronto China
Conference "China Changes and Challenges" on March 27, 2010 (YouTube
video including an interview with me in Chinese broadcast on Fairchild TV,
reports in Ming Pao,
Sing Tao Daily News and Today Daily News) can be read at http://www.utcc.ca/2010/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=55&Itemid=65
An interview with me is quoted
in Iain Marlow's report "
A podcast of my Lansdowne
Lecture "The past, present and future of Canada-China relations"
delivered at the
An interview with me is quoted
in Laurie Sullivan's report "Chinese Democracy" published in OMMA Magazine March 1,
2010: http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=123135
Full
streaming video of "
A letter from me entitled “
An interview with me is quoted in Laurie Sullivan's report "Google Considers Attacks On Network An Inside Job" in MediaPost News on January 18, 2010: http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=120822#
I am quoted in Don Fraser's report "Google departure from China likely, says local authority " published in the St. Catharines Standard on January 19, 2010: http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2266414 also in Welland Tribune as “Google departure from China likely, says Brock professor” http://www.wellandtribune.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2266436#
I am quoted in Sophie Cousineau's posting "Google en Chine : héros ou zéro ?" La Presse on-line (Cyberpresse) January 14, 2010: http://blogues.cyberpresse.ca/lapresseaffaires/cousineau/?p=1077
I am quoted in Omar El Akkad's report "Google's
defiance in
Charles Burton, "Response to Jeremy Paltiel's
Article, '
I am also quoted in Terry Davidson's report "Analyst:
Dissident Xiaobo jailed, but not without
international protest" in the
An interview with me is quoted in John Ibbitson's
report "With execution of British man,
I was interviewed via Skype from
An interview with me was published in Miriam Ku’s
report “Harper to Mainly Discuss Economics Hoping to Reduce Trade
Imbalance; No Specific Achievements Expected” in the Toronto Ming Pao Daily News on December
2. http://www.mingpaotor.com/htm/
My Op-Ed "A more sophisticated engagement with
China" appeared in the Globe and Mail on November 30 (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/for-a-more-sophisticated-engagement-with-china/article1380765/
or http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/a-more-sophisticated-engagement-with-china/article1382180/;
the later with expanded text but without illustration of cute cartoon of panda
and beaver sitting together). Happy to see my views get such a broad
airing. There are a couple of minor editing errors in the text in the Globe.
First is that
I am quoted in Fred Edward's report "PM's
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/china/article/731930--edwards-pm-s-beijing-trip-more-hype-than-hope
An interview with me was quoted in Bill Schiller’s
report “PM to feel pain of torture claims on
An interview with me is quoted in John Ibbitson's report "Rolling Up the Pacific Rim to Win" published in The Globe and Mail on Saturday November 13: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/rolling-up-the-pacific-rim-to-win/article1363098/ or here.
An interview with me is quoted in Terry Davidson's report "Canada-China Relations: Politicians pressured to find balance between trade and human rights" published in the Toronto Chinese News on October 23, 2009: http://www.chinesenewsgroup.com/SMPApp/design/article.jsp?cate=16&artId=17498
I am quoted in Miriam Ku's story "Harper to Visit China
from December 2-6: Expectations of a Re-set of Canada-China
Relations" published in the
I am quoted in Amanda Roth's story "
Click here for an
interview with me quoted in Mary Yang's report "Michael Ignatieff's Past Statements Condemning Human Rights in
China May Influence Chinese Canadian Support According to Scholars"
published in the
An interview with me is quoted in Iain Marlow's report "How amateur-hour diplomacy took away dad" published in the Toronto Star on Sunday August 23. It can be read at: http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/685205
An interview with me entitled "Former Consular Advisor
at the Canadian Embassy in
An article quoting my views entitled "Scholar Indicates that Lai's Bargaining Chip Has Been Devalued" was published in the Sing Tao Daily News on August 8, 2009, p. A2. it can be read here.
A Bloomberg report by Theophilos Argitis and Sean Pasternak "Flaherty, Carney to
promote banks in
I am quoted in Fred Edward's Report "Back on Track" published in The Beijing Review on July 9, 2009. It can be read at: http://www.bjreview.com.cn/quotes/txt/2009-07/07/content_205555.htm The same story also appeared in Pakistan Daily Mail on July 26: <http://dailymailnews.com/ 200907/26/Editorial_Column/ DMColumn.php>
I am quoted in Matthew Little's report "Canadian Reporter Barred From Luncheon With Visiting Chinese Official" published in The Epoch Times on June 24, 2009. It can be read at: http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/18528/
I am quoted in Jason Loftus's report "Former Chinese
Ambassador to Canada Describes Efforts to Influence Conservatives' Stance on
Jules Nadeau’s article on page 1 of Le Devoir entitled “Tiananmen, le long tabou” quotes from my comments at a Rights and Democracy Forum held in Montreal on June 1. It can be read at: http://www.ledevoir.com/2009/06/04/253339.html or here.
My op-ed "Tiananmen: 20 years later, suppression still reigns" was published in the Halifax Chronicle-Herald on June 4, 2009. It can be read at: http://thechronicleherald.ca/Opinion/1125512.html or here. My original title for this piece is: "The June 4th Anniversary and Canada-China Relations"
Click here for Lynn Desjardin’s report including interviews with me and Bernie Frolic about Canada-China relations broadcast on the Radio Canada International Program “The Link” on May 19, 2009.
Interview on Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon's
visit to
Interview with me quoted in Paul Morse's report "
Interview with me quoted in Mark Iype's report "Tories Restart Chinese Rights Dialogue Amid Skepticism" published in Embassy: Canada's Foreign Policy Newsletter on May 13, 2009 available at http://www.embassymag.ca/page/view/chinese_dialogue-5-13-200 9 or here.
Interview with me quoted in Campbell Clark's report "Harper enlists activist to help Celil" published on front page of The Globe and Mail May 12, 2009 available at http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090512.wcelil12art2231/BNStory/National/home or here.
Interview with me quoted in Bill Schiller's report
"Cannon's visit signals closer ties to
Participated in panel interview broadcast
on Radio Canada International Chinese Service on Canada-China relations on
April 16, 2009.
On this German site: http://www.china-observer.de/090415-043620/Historische_Dokumente_aus_Kanadas_Tibet_Akten.html"Charles
My report on Canada-China relations is quoted in Duncan Mavin's report "Ottawa May Be Looking for Stronger
China Ties" published in the National Post on April 16, 2009
available at http://www.canada.com/business/fp/Ottawa%20looking%20stronger%20China%20ties/1502343/story.html
or here. I alao
appeared in The Otawa
Citizen on April 17 under the title “Trying to catch up with the
My report on Canada-China relations is quoted in André Pratte's editorial "Un innocent en Chine" published in La Presse April 16, 2009 and available at http://www.cyberpresse.ca/opinions/editorialistes/andre-pratte/200904/16/01-847009-un-innocent-en-chine.php or here .
A TV interview with me in Chinese by Grant Guo appeared on OMNI TV Mandarin News and was also carried on OMNI TV Cantonese News on April 13.
A report on the front page of the Globe and Mail by
Bill Curry entitled "Embassy employees in Beijing inadequate in Chinese,
expert says: Day had praised their language skills" that challenges an
aspect of the above interview quotes my view published on April 13, 2009 and is
available at http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090413.wchina13/BNStory/National/
or here. Highly
favourable Chinese commentary about this Globe and Mail report: http://gb.cri.cn/27824/2009/04/16/2685s2486369.htm.
Appeared on CTV "Question
Period" about Stockwell Day's visit to China on
April 12, 2009. Video of my appearance on the CTV with Paul Evans
of UBC on April 12: http://watch.ctv.ca/news/ctvs-question-period/april-12-2009/#clip160272.
The interview of Stockwell Day by Craig Oliver done
the day before can be found at: http://watch.ctv.ca/news/latest/day-in-china#clip160270. A news report about my appearance on CTV
"Question Period" can be found at:
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090412/qp_day_090412/20090412?hub=QPeriod
or here.
A blog entry about this on the site of the TVO’s “The Agenda with Steve Paikin” can be found here.
Participated in panel interview broadcast on Radio Canada International Chinese Service on North Korea on April 16, 2009.
Interview with me quoted in Campbell Clark's report "Hawkish Trade Minister's Beijing trip signals policy shift" published in the Globe and Mail on April 8, 2009 can be found at http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090408.wPOLday08/BNStory/politics/ and on-line in a version which quotes me more extensively at http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090408.wPOLday08/BNStory/politics/ and here.
A short clip of me telling a story about "Belonging" used on the TVO program The Agenda with Steve Paikin the week of March 22 can be viewed here.
Chinese article that falsely claims that I had urged that
all
A Chinese article that falsely claims that my report on Canada-China report is "Anti-China" can be found at http://world.huanqiu.com/roll/2009-03/407781.html or here also on many Chinese other sites.
A long and reflective Chinese analysis of my Canada-China report dated March 20 including an English translation of the whole thing by me and my response to it is available here. It has been reproduced on many other Chinese websites.
My report is referenced in Mark MacKinnon's Globe and Mail blog entry entitled "Where's the Love for Canada?" available at http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090319.WBwpointseastblog011520090319184435/WBStory/WBwpointseastblog0115 or here.
I appeared on a panel entitled "
An article focused on my Canada-China report by Bill Schiller entitled "Why is Ottawa still bungling the China file?" published in the Toronto Star on March 7, 2009 can be found at http://www.thestar.com/News/World/article/598211 or here.
My interview with Grant Guo of OMNI-TV about my Canada-China report aired on the "Mandarin Weekend" program on March 7.
My Op-Ed "Sino-Canadian relations on slow boat to nowhere" was published in the Toronto Star on March 6, 2009. It can be found at http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/597365 or here.
My TV interview about my Canada-China report broadcast on the Business News Network program "Squeezeplay" can be viewed at http://video.aol.com/video-detail/squeezeplay-march-5-2009-wooing-china-03-05-09-530pm/2428058833
An article about my Canada-China report published by the
Xinhua News Agency entitled "Study:
I am quoted in Daniel LeBlanc's report "Chinese group warns of trade backlash" published in the Globe and Mail March 12, 2009. It can be read here.
I was interviewed about my Canada-China report by Andrew Nichols of CBC Newsworld broadcast on February 28.
An interview with me about my report was broadcast on the CBC Vancouver morning show with Rick Clough on February 27.
Colin Freeze's article about my Canada-China report entitled
"
An interview with me about my Canada-China report with Rob Breakenridge of CHQR radio in
My report A Reassessment of Canada's Interests in China and Options for Renewal of Canada's China Policy was released by the Canadian International Council on February 25, 2009. It can be downloaded from here: http://www.canadianinternationalcouncil.org/research/canadianfo/areassessm. The press release accompanying it in English and French can be read here.
I was quoted in an article entitled "Canadian Foreign Minister Says Ottawa Has Been Very Active in Promoting Canada-China Relations" published in the Epoch Times Chinese language edition on February 25, 2009 which can be read at http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/9/2/25/n2441955.htm.
I am quoted in Jeff Davis's report "Canada Disputed
Chinese Claims to
An interview with me (in Chinese) on Barack Obama's China Policy was aired on the Fairchild TV program "Media Focus" on December 26, 2008.
An interview with me was Cogeco TV's "Taking Niagara By Storm" on November 6, 2008.
I am quoted in Lee Berthiaume's report "Pros and Cons of Trade Minister Day" published in Embassy: Canada's Foreign Policy Newsletter on November 6, 2008. It can be read here.
I am quoted in Michelle Collins's report "Fingers
Crossed Tories will Learn from Emerson on
My letter that the Globe and Mail entitled "On the Road to Civility" was published on October 7. It can be read here .
I am quoted in Globe and Mail story by Brian Laghi and Steven Chase entitled "Harper commits to
I was also quoted in Sing Tao Daily News on the same topic on September 17.
I was interviewed about the Harper visit on OMNI TV "Mandarin Weekend" broadcast September 20.
Click here for Geoff York’s report "Chinese fugitive's deportation hailed as landmark move" published in the Globe and Mail September 4, 2008, p. A16 that includes comments by me. It was picked up by the PRC Reference News. That version can be read here.
Click here for Radio
Canada International item on Jean Chretien’s criticism of the current
Government’s
Click here for my question and Cheuk Kwan’s answer on Chinese nationalism published on the Globe and Mail website on August 18, 2008.
A posting that I wrote entitled "Are Human Rights
Incompatible with Chinese Culture?" can be found on the "Olympic
Journal" blog published by Rights & Democracy (August 18, 2008).
English: http://www.olympicjournal.ca/?p=19#more-19
French: http://www.carnetsolympiques.ca/?p=15#more-15
Chinese:
http://www.olympicjournal.ca/cn/wordpress/?p=10#more-10
Click here for Omar El Akkad'a report that includes an interview with me "61 Canadians in Chinese jails, figures show" published in August 9, 2008 Globe and Mail, p. A4
An interview with me is quoted in a report entitled
"The new
I am quoted in Jeff Davis's story "For
Four reports including interviews with me published in Singtao Daily News all by Mary Yang:
August 6
Emerson Seeks a New Mechanism to Relate to China" Vancouver edition: http://www.singtao.ca/van/2008-08-06/1218016222d1202922.html"
Emerson Hopes to Make Contribution to to
Improving Canada-China Relations. Seeks a New Mechanism to Relate to
China" Toronto edition: http://www.singtao.ca/tor/2008-08-06/1218014132d1202784.html
August 5
"Scholar Expounds on Harper's Absence from the Olympics" Toronto
edition:
http://www.singtao.ca/tor/2008-08-05/1217926302d1200456.html and
same in expanded version in Vancouver edition: http://www.singtao.ca/van/2008-08-05/1217929959d1200659.html
Did interviews with CBC Radio in St. John's, Calgary, Quebec City, Montreal,
Toronto, Yellowknife.
I was interviewed by Marcia MacMillan broadcast on CTV NewsNet at 6 pm August 4, 2008 and subsequent newscasts that evening, about the murder of 6 Border Guards in Kashgar and the threat of Uyghur terrorism to the Olympics.
An interview with me was included in the Vision TV
documentary "Islam in
An interview with me about this is quoted in Michelle Collins "Beijing Olympics:To Attend or Not to Attend?" in the July 23, 2008 Embassy: Canada's Foreign Policy Newsletter available at: http://www.cigionline.org/articles/2008/07/beijing-olympics-attend-or-not-attend or here
My interview broadcast on June 2, 2008 as part of the item
“Cleared Guantanamo Prisoners Could Find Refuge in
My review of Simon Winchester’s book The Man Who Loved China which is a biography of Joseph Needham can be found here. It was published in the Globe and Mail on May 31, 2008 (Books supplement, p. D8). Additional information about the review can be found here.
Click on name of city for audio files of interviews with me with CBC stations on an Asia Pacific Foundation survey about Canadians’ attitudes to China broadcast on April 24, 2008: Quebec, Thunder Bay (also did Toronto and New Brunswick that day).
Click here for a report by Jeff Davis that includes comments by me entitled “Embattled Chinese Ambassador Lu Shumin to Return Home” published in Embassy: Canada’s Foreign Policy Newsletter on April 23, 2008, p. 1.
Click here for my testimony to the House Foreign Affairs Committee's study of the Canada-China bilateral human rights dialogue. on April 17, 2008. Full English language transcript can be read here et en français: ici. A report on this testimony was published Embassy: Canada’s Foreign Policy Newsletter under the title “Talking to the Wrong People” published on April 23, 2008 can be read here. The evidence given the House Foreign Affairs Committee's study of study the Canada-China bilateral human rights dialogueon May 27 can be read here et en français ici; The evidence given on May 29 can be read here et en français ici.
Click here for an interview with me by Zhao Li on Canada-China relations in light of recent events broadcast on the Chinese service of Radio Canada International on April 16, 2008.
Click here for
a discussion on the Olympics,
Click here et ici for my testimony (along with Stephen Poloz of EDC and Alex Neve of Amnesty) to the Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade's study on "The Rise of China, India and Russia in the Global Economy and the Implications for Canadian Policy" on April 9, 2008. A report on this testimony was published Embassy: Canada’s Foreign Policy Newsletter under the title “No Progress on Democracy” published on April 16, 2008 can be read here..
Click here for an interview with me and Paul Evans, Co-CEO of the Asia Pacific Foundation broadcast on “The Christy Clark Show” on CKNW radio, Vancouver on March 19, 2008.
Click here
for Daniel Lak’s report for CBC News In Depth “
Click here for Campbell
Clark’s report entitled "
Click here
for audio portion of news item entitled "Scholars Say China's Tibet Policy
Flawed" broadcast on OMNI TV "News Mandarin Edition" and n their
"News Cantonese Edition" programs showing excerpts from my
presentation “Canada, China and Bilateral Human Rights Dialogues"
delivered at the Munk Centre for International
Studies at the University of Toronto on March 17, 2008 as well as an interview
with me in Mandarin Chinese. The short interview in English at the end of
the clip is the voice of Carole Samdup of Rights
& Democracy in
Click on name of city for audio of 4 of the 9 interviews I
did for CBC syndication on
Click here for Mary Yang’s report in the Singtao Daily entitled “Yi baofu jiedai Dalai hua quxiao jia zhong zhanlue xiaozu huiyi” (Possibly in retaliation for receiving Dalai Lama China Cancels Meeting of the Canada-China Strategic Working Group) published on November 20, 2007 which quotes my views.
Click here
for an open letter to the Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and
International Development signed by Amnesty International and 10 other NGOs
that mentions my name and urges release of the Sub-Committee on Human Rights
and International Development’s China Study Report dated November 15,
2007. Click here for Geoff
York’s article about this letter “Human-rights dialogue with
Click here for my op-ed
piece for Embassy: Canada's Foreign Policy Newsletter entitled "A ‘Principled’ Approach,
Quiet Diplomacy and Harper’s Message to
Click here for my letter entitled "Mulroney's $300,000" that was published in the National Post November 13, on p. A21.
Click here for my letter
entitled “
Click here for a letter
by Albert Roman published in the Pasadena
Star News on October 10, 2007 that makes reference to my work on human
rights dialogue with
Click here for Mary
Yang’s report in the Singtao Daily entitled
“Wotaihua yu jie aoyun cu beijing
gaishan renquan”
(Ottawa hoped to use the Olympics to encourage Beijing to improve human rights)
which quotes my views on documents the Singtao Daily obtained
from DFAIT through an Access to Information request and here for
another report by Ms. Yang also based on documents the Singtao Daily obtained from DFAIT through an Access to Information request
which also quotes my views.also published the same
day, September 7, 2007 which can be found in a translation here entitled “Chinese Department Downgraded,
Canada China Human Rights Dialogue Takes an Unexpected Turn”
Click here for my letter
to the National Post entitled by the
newspaper "Just say no to 'Made in
Click here for audio portion of TV interview with me broadcast on CH Hamilton Morning on August 17, 2007 about the recall of substandard Chinese manufactured toys by the Mattel Company.
Click here for Brian Laghi's report "
Click here for Geoffrey
York and Omar el Akkad's report entitled "Canadian's appeal summarily
dismissed: Refusal by Chinese court to allow defence arguments provokes a sharp
response from
Click here for Charlie
Gillis's article entitled: "Talking to a Great Wall:
Click here for Mary Yang's
report published in Singtao Daily News on June 12, 2007 which
quotes my views. Click here
for a translation into English of this report entitled: "Request for
financial aid in exchange for sensitive topics, Chinese human rights have a
price,
Click here for interview of me relating to the Globe article below by Lynn Desjardins broadcast on the Radio Canada International Program "The Link" (second hour) on June 11, 2007.
Click here for an article
that discusses my report for DFAIT on Canada's human rights dialogue and
that quotes an interview with me on page A11 of the June 11 Globe and Mail. The
article is entitled: "
Click here for article by
Mary Yang published in the May 12, 2007 Singtao Daily entitled
"Guohui zhongguo renquan baogao jianyi bokuan zhuanzhi
guanzhu zongjiao quanli" (Parliamentary report on
human rights in China recommends transfer of funding to focus on
religious rights) which quotes my views on this matter.
Click here for Geoffrey York's article entitled " Chinese
whispers: the Maple Leaf's weakening sway in Beijng
Click here for an article by Mary Yang published in the May 1,
2007 Singtao Daily entitled "Jia zhong qunian gezhi renquan
duihua, wojing qiangdiao gaige xianxing jizhi" (The
Canada-China human rights dialogue shelved last year, Ottawa stresses reform of
the existing mechanism) that quotes my views.
Click here
for an interview with me on the
impact of the Celil case on Canada-China relations
for the Radio Canada International program "The Link" broadcast May
1, 2007.
Click here for an article
by Mary Yang on the front page of the April 26, 2007 Singtao Daily entitled "Guohui xiaozu jintian tongguo zhongguo renquan baogao"
(Parliamentary Subcommittee adopted?report
on human rights in
Click here
for an interview with me on the
impact of the Celil case on Canada-China relations
for the Radio Canada International program "The Link" broadcast April
20, 2007.
Click here for an article
by Mary Yang entitled "Yushanjiang pan wuqi jia zhong
zai sheng juyu, Maiji qiangbian
shengming: yao jiantao lingshi xieyi Liu Jianchao: wu ganshe neizheng"
(Huseyin Celil sentence to
life Canada-China gives rise to more discord, MacKay firm statement: must
re-examine Consular Agreement? Liu Jianchao: don't interfere in domestic politics"
published in the Singtao Daily on April 20, 2007
which quotes my views.
Click here for an article
by Mary Yang entitled "Waizhang Maiji yuedi fanghua"
(Foreign Minister MacKay will visit
My views are quoted
in an article posted on the CBC website on April 9, 2007 entitled "
Click here
for a radio interview of me by Bill Gillespie that gives my views on the
allegations that the Chinese Embassy to Canada encouraged Canadians of Chinese
origin to lobby the CRTC over the application of New Tang Dynasty TV for a
license to broadcast over Canadian cable networks.?This interview was broadcast
over the CBC Radio 1 and Radio 2 networks as an item on the morning news
program “World Report?on April 9, 2007. Further
information (transcript, full audio file) is available at http://www.cbc.ca/worldreport/
Click here
for the Honourable Mr. Justice de Montigny's judicial
review of a PRRA officer's decision "Lai Cheong Sing et al v. Canada
(Minister of Citizenship and Immigration)" that mentions my name and here for
"Lai Chun Wai et al v. Canada (Minister of
Citizenship and Immigration)" both dated April 5, 2007.
Click here for
an article by Cheuk Kwan "China and Canada: a
Relationship Reconsidered" published in the March 2007 issue of China Rights Forum the journal of the
New York-based NGO, Human Rights in China.? The section of the article
sub-titled "The Burton review" gives a detailed summary of my work on
the bilateral human rights dialogue.
Click here for the
audio of a TV interview of me by Diana Dai about the impact of Quebec election
on Canadian politics broadcast on Omni-2 “Mandarin Weekend?on
March 31, 2007 (re-broadcast April 1 and April 2).
Click here for the text of
Bruce Gilley's presentation to the Library of Parliament Seminar Series on
March 30, 2007 entitled "Engaging China: Some Ideas for Canadian
Policy-Makers" which contains some references to my work.
Click here for
an article by Charlie Gillis and Andrea Mandel-Campbell entitled “Go on,
take a stand: It’s possible to criticize China on human rights and do
business with it published in Macleans Magazine, March 5, 2007 issue, pp.
30-1 which quotes my views.
Click here for an article
entitled by Ye Changqian (in Chinese)
“Interview with Chinese Spring Festival Show Foreign Host Huang Cheng’an (Huang Cheng’an
is my Chinese name) published in the Chinese language “Toronto Online
on February 16, 2007. It shows
photos of me on-stage at the Toronto Centre for the Arts on February 10 hosting
and performing a Chinese New Year comedic dialogue (xiangsheng)
with the Mainland Chinese media personality Jin Dong.
Click here for
Mary Yang’s article (in Chinese) “Seeking to Save Huseyin Celil Harper Does not
Stint Sacrificing Trade which
quotes my views published in the Sing Tao Daily on February 10, 2007, p.
A2
Click here
for an interview with me on the impact of the Celil
case on Canada-China relations for the Radio Canada International program
"The Link" broadcast February 9, 2007.
Click here
for Jeff Sallot and Geoffrey York’s article
“PM irked as diplomats miss activist's hearing published in the Globe and Mail on
February 6, 2007, p. A1 that quotes my views on the Huseyin
Celil matter at length.
Click here for a
letter written by me entitled "Confucius confusion" published
in the Globe and Mail on January 2, 2007, p. A12.
Click here
for Helen Mann’s interview with me about the 2006 PRC White Paper on
National Defence broadcast on CBC radio’s “As It Happens on December 29, 2006.
Click here
for Kevin Steel's article entitled "No More Mr. Nice Guy: The federal
government's hard line on human rights in
Click here
report on Page A6 of the Globe and Mail
published December 6, 2006 "Yearly talks with
Click here
for audio portion of interview with Diana Dai about the Parliamentary motion that
"this House recognizes that Quebecois form a nation within a
united
Click here
for audio portion of interview with Diana Dai about Canada-China relations
broadcast on Omni 2 TV "Mandarin Weekend" program November 25, 2006.
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for article "Canadian Parliament Committee Hears Evidence of Chinese
Abuses" published in the November 24, 2006 issues of The Epoch Times
that quotes my report on the Canada-China Bilateral Human Rights Dialogue.
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for an article in Macleans Magazine
entitled "The China Dilemma" published in their November 27, 2006
edition that quotes extensively from an interview with me.
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for interview with me about Prime Minister Harper's approach to
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for transcript of the evidence presented to the Subcommittee on International
Human Rights of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International
Development on October 31, 2006 given by me and others. Click here
for evidence given on November 7 and here
for evidence given November 21 and here
for evidence given on November 28 and here
for evidence given on December 5 and here
for evidence given February 20, 2007 that mention my views in conjunction with
the Human Rights Dialogue with China.
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for interview with me about cancellation of meeting between Chinese President Hu Jintao and Prime Minister
Harper at APEC in
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for Geoff York's report that quotes my views entitled “Minister criticizes
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for Mary Yang's interview with me published in Sing Tao Daily News on
November 15, 2006 about Canada-China relations and Mr. Harper's participation
in the Vietnam APEC Meeting.
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Geoff York's article "
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for a report in the Sing Tao Daily News about my
appearance before the Subcommittee on International Human Rights of the House
of Commons Parliamentary Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and
International Development on October 31, 2006. I presented the report I wrote
for the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade entitled
"Assessment of the Canada-China Bilateral Human Rights Dialogue" and
responded to questions from MPs about human rights programming in
Cliquez ici pour mon rapport intitule "Evaluation du dialogue bilateral
Canada-Chine sur les droits de la personne" (Rapport prepare
en execution de la lettre d'entente 12800 CB du ministere des Affaires etrangeres
et du Commerce international, datée du 1er août 2005). The
English language version is available below.
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for an article entitled "
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for interview with me on the repercussions of the North Korean nuclear test
broadcast on St. Catharine's radio station CKTB on October 23, 2006.
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for CBC Radio "World at 6" report on
The Epoch Times mentioned my work in an article published October 12,
2006 entitled "
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for the audio portion "The Debate: A Nuclear North Korea" broadcast
on TVO's "The Agenda with Steve Paikin"
that I participated in from CH Hamilton on October 10, 2006. It is 37 minutes in
duration. Links to this program (podcast, blog, relevant URLs, etc.) can be
found at http://tvo.org/theagenda. It
can be viewed on-line as streaming video at: http://www.tvo.org/cfmx/tvoorg/theagenda/index.cfm?page_id=43
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for audio portion of lead item on "Global National" TV news program
about the North Korean nuclear test broadcast on October 10, 2006 that includes
comments by me.
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for interview with me on the North Korean nuclear test broadcast on St. Catharine's
radio station CKTB on October 10, 2006.
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for interviews with me broadcast on October 10, 2006 on the CBC Ottawa radio
program "Ottawa Today" and on CBC Montreal "Daybreak" about
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for Canadian Coalition on Human Rights in
An article in the Chinese version of the Epoch Times interviewing former Secretary of
State (Asia-Pacific) David Kilgour discusses my
report on the Bilateral Human Rights Dialogue inaccurately identifying me as
"former Ambassador". It
can found at: http://epochtimes.com/gb/6/9/30/n1471628.htm
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for audio portion of interview with Omni 1 TV on Friday's "Mandarin
News" program commenting on the visit to
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for Scott Roberts' report "A family's fate hinges on Chinese justice: A
mother wonders whether her newborn son will ever see his father" published
in the Globe and Mail on August 29, 2006 (p. A1 and A7) which quotes my
views on the Huseyincan Celil
case.
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for an article in the August 2006 issue of Research Reporter entitled
"International human rights: Exploring the links between policies and
people" that is (somewhat loosely) based on an interview with me about my
work.
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for Scott Roberts' report "Canadian's detention in
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for an interview with me about the proposed Canadian-funded luxury train
between Beijing and Lhasa broadcast on Radio Canada International's
"Business Sense" program on July 20, 2006
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Geoffrey York's report: “China mum on fate of detained Canadian published
in the Globe and Mail on July 18, 2006 (p. A7) which quotes my
views on the Huseyincan Celil
case.
Click on the name of the city for radio interviews done on
CBC local morning programs on July 5, 2006 about the North Korea missile tests
of the previous day: Quebec City,
Winnipeg,
Thunder Bay,
Regina, Vancouver
(I also did interviews with CBC Toronto, Ottawa and St. John’s that day).
On July 6, I was "Choice of the
Day" on Radio Canada International English service click here for
that interview. The following day I commented on the same topic in the Chinese
service of Radio Canada International. Click here for
that interview.
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for my report “Assessment of the Canada-China Bilateral Human Rights
Dialogue” released by the Department of Foreign Affairs in May 2006.
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an article about this report published on page A1 of the Globe and Mail
on June 16, 2006 entitled "Rights dialogue in China blasted as futile:
Canadian deplores empty annual ritual." Click here
for an editorial about this in the same paper on page A24 entitled "China
Isn’t Listening". Click here for a
report broadcast on June 16 over the Chinese service of Radio Canada
International about the Globe report. Click here
for one of the Chinese media accounts of my report from the wire service of the
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for Spring 2006 issue of Brock Research which
includes an article about me entitled "One in a billion: A Canadian making
a difference in
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for an interview with me broadcast on June 16, 2006 over the Chinese service of
Radio Canada International about the Canada-China-Norway Plurilateral
Symposium on Human Rights.
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for the June / July 2006 issue of Rights and Democracy’s Newsletter Libertas that includes an article by me entitled
"Good Governance, Democratic Development and Human Rights in Canada-China
Relations" on p. 6.
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for sound portion of a short interview with me broadcast on Omni TV
"Mandarin News" on April 21, 2006 and here for
sound portion of a longer interview with me broadcast the next day on
"Mandarin Weekend" Both are on the subject of the visit by Chinese
President Hu Jintao to the
USA.
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comment on "Has the Six-Party Talks Process Run Its Course" published
in CanKor issue 255 on April 14, 2006.
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comment on transliteration of Hangul by DPRK publications published in CanKor issue 242 on March 24, 2006.
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comment on the implications of Korean reunification published in CanKor issue 228 on February 24, 2006.
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for interviews with me by Rosita Wong on the policy orientation of
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for audio portion of TV interview with me by Diana Dai about the Canadian
General Election broadcast on January 21, 2006 as part of Mandarin program of
Toronto OMNI 2. I was also on their news program the day before, but have no
recording of that one.
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for audio portion of TV interview with me by Diana Dai about human rights in
Canada-China relations broadcast on September 17, 2005 as part of Mandarin
program of Toronto OMNI 2 special program on Hu Jintao's Visit to
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for interview with me on Hu Jintao's
visit to
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for an interview with me on Hu Jintao's
visit to
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an interview with me on impact of PetroChina's
failure to acquire Unocal published in the Singtao
Daily News on July 22, 2005, p. A2.
My paper "The Role of China's Political Institutions in China's Economic
Development" presented at of the Canadian Political Science Association
Annual Conference in London, Ontario on June 2, 2005 can be found at: http://www.cpsa-acsp.ca/papers-2005/Burton.pdf
My paper "The Impact of Chinese Communist Party Policy on Uyghurs: past, present and future" presented to the
Central and Middle Asia Seminar at the University of Toronto on May 15, 2005
can be found at http://www.uyghurcanadian.org/The%20Impact%20of%20CCP%20Policy%20on%20Uyghurs%20Past,%20Present%20and%20Future.html
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for an interview with me on China-Taiwan relations and pandas broadcast on the
CBC radio program "As It Happens" on May 6, 2005.
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for an interview with me by Arthur Kent on a proposal before the U.S. Congress
to impose a 27.5% tariff on all Chinese imports, broadcast on the CBC radio
program "The Current" on April 22, 2005.
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an interview with me by Rosita Wong on the impact of the
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an article about
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for an interview with me broadcast on the Chinese service of Radio Canada
International about
A report that I wrote in 2000 about conditions of Chinese nationals repatriated
to the
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for interview with me about Canada China trade published in Singtao Daily News on January 27, 2005.
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for interview on
I gave 10 interviews on CBC radio stations about human rights in
Interview with me about Prime Minister Martin's visit to China broadcast on the
Dave Rutherford Show on CHQR Calgary January 20, 2005. Click here for Part
1. Click here for
Part 2.
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interview with me about outgoing Chinese Ambassador to
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for interview with me about Prime Minister Martin's visit to
Clck here for a brief
memoire of Godfrey Hewitt renowned organist and choirmaster at Christ Church
Cathedral in Ottawa from 1932-80.
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for my Plenary Address (in absentia) delivered October 29, 2004 to the 20th
Anniversary Conference of the Association for Canadian Studies in China held in
Chongqing
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for my comments published in Singtao Daily
News on the controversy over Chinese investment in Canada published on Page
A2 on October 22, 2004.
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interview with me about MinMetals acquisition of Noranda broadcast on Radio Canada International on
September 27, 2004.
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for my comments on Jiang Zemin’s retirement and
Hu Jintao’s
assumption of the Chairmanship of the Central Military Commission published in
the Singtao Daily News on September 21,
2004.
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for my comments on The Fourth Plenary Session of the 16th Central Committee of
the Communist Party of China published in the Singtao
Daily News on September 16, 2004.
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for my comments on
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for “Live in B.C. News?Chinese
media report of my views on Canada-Taiwan-China relations accessed on June 28,
2004 entitled ?span class=SpellE>Jia waijiaobu xuancheng:
yige zhongguo zhengce weichibubian?
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for interview with me on Canada-Taiwan-China relations published in the Singtao Daily News May 20, 2004, p. A2 entitled ?span class=SpellE>Jia dui yige zhongguo
zhengce weichibubian?
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for Zhao Li’s interview on Dalai Lama in
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for a review of a speech I gave in
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for my participation in CBC Montreal Radio Noon ‘phone-in show on
“Should Canada Be Doing More to Help Tibet?broadcast on April 20, 2004.
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for interview on Dalai Lama in
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for interview with me on Dalai Lama in Canada published in the Singtao Daily News April 15, 2004, p.
A9 entitled "Wotaihua shizhang gai chu’ai Jiang yu dalai huimian"
Click on the city names for CBC radio interviews broadcast on April 14, 2004 on
the Dalai Lama’s visit to Canada (7 of the 13 done here): Calgary, Halifax, Ottawa, Edmonton, Whitehorse,
Quebec
City, Yellowknife.
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for Canadian Press interview with me about Dalai Lama’s visit to
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for my letter to the Globe and Mail entitled "Nationalism and
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for an interview with me about the
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an interview with me appeared in the Canadian edition of the Singtao Daily News on March 16, 2004 (jpg
image of news clipping in traditional Chinese characters). The article is
by Rosita Wong and entitled "Jia zhuanjia
Two parts of an interview with me on
Audio portions of TV interviews with me broadcast on OMNI2 December 13, 14
& 15, 2003 on "Mandarin News" and
"Mandarin Weekend" about Chinese Premier’s visit to
An interview with me appeared on the CBC TV news "Sunday Report" on
December 14, 2003 as part of an item by Patrick Brown on
Click on the city names for CBC radio interviews broadcast
on October 22, 2003 on issues in Canada-China trade relations and the impact of
Prime Minister Chretien’s visit to China (7 of the 12 done here): Calgary, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Whitehorse, Winnipeg, Yellowknife.
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for my Keynote Address to the Canadian Foodgrains
Bank Conference on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea "DPRK:
Axis of Evil or Nexus of Need" on October 20, 2003 entitled “Solving
the DPRK Conundrum? The full text can also be found at http://www.cankor.ca (Issue #139, October 24,
2003).
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for interview on the proposals for political reform and elections in
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for interview with me on Chinese Army peacekeeping training in Canada published
in the Chinese (Mainland) newspaper The International Herald Leader It
is also available at http://news.sina.com.cn/w/2003-09-22/10031789418.shtml.
Both versions are in Guobiao encoding of the
simplified Chinese characters.
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for interview on the 6 Party Talks on
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for interview with me broadcast on the Korean service of Radio Free Asia on
August 25, 2003 (in Korean). The text of the report in Korean and the
sound clip can be found here.
(http://www.rfa.org/service/article.html?service=kor&encoding=4&id=113848).
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for Geoff York’s story "Chinese leader on the brink" which
includes an interview with me published in the Globe and
Mail on May 3, 2003, pages A1 and A7.
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for interview on
Click here for my performance as Chinese Foreign Minister at
the UN Security Council, broadcast on CBC "As It Happens" on February
6, 2003 (big file: 13mb for 55 minutes of listening). It is also available at http://www.cbc.ca/insite/AS_IT_HAPPENS_TORONTO/2003/2/6.html
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