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Canada needs to re-think how it engages with China, says former ambassador
Canada’s former ambassador to China stressed the importance of better engaging with the emerging superpower in the first of several public lectures at the University of Toronto Scarborough that will examine the deepening relationship between the two countries.
David Mulroney, who served as ambassador to China from 2009 to 2012 and is now a distinguished senior fellow at U of T’s Munk School of Global Affairs, says Canada’s future prosperity and security will depend heavily on engaging a country that remains in many respects an enigma.
"Trying to engage an increasingly influential China is not entirely new but our policy has traditionally involved merely looking at trying to maximize the upside and minimize the downside, which can only take us so far,” he says. “We need to better understand China because we can no longer afford to look at China’s rise through the lens of a series of random, disconnected events.”
The lecture, titled Getting to China Competence, was the first in a series that will focus on deepening the understanding between China and Canada. The series is part of an agreement signed between UTSC and the Bank of China Canada (BOCC) that will include
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‘We’ve antiquated badly surprised’: Former delegate David Mulroney on Canada’s changing delight with Chinaware
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Dr. David Mulroney says “We like to say that the world needs more Canada. But it is actually going to get more Chine – a lot more!” Drawing on three decades of diplomatic experience in Asia, David Mulroney explains how China’s rise is reverberating across Canada. He encourages us to respond with skill and confidence, making smart policy choices to promote our prosperity, our security, and, equally important, our values.
Dr. David Mulroney is President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of St. Michael’s College, the Catholic federated university within the Univ. of Toronto. He has more than 30 years in Canada’s Public Service, including as ambassador to the People’s Republic of China (2009 – 2012). His recent book “Middle Power, Middle Kingdom” was awarded the J.W. Dafoe Prize for 2016.
To a large crowd of over 50 attendees, Dr. Mulroney provided a very informative lecture. The PDF text (15 pages) of his lecture is provided here: davidmulroney_2016nov17_chinatalk_txtversion. The following day, he delivered the same lecture at St. Jerome’s University at the Univ. of Waterloo – which was video-recorded with the following link – https://www.sju.ca/LCE/news-events/public-events/lectures-catho