Canada and China at 40

dc.contributor.authorFrolic, Bernie Michael
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-02T16:10:52Z
dc.date.available2016-08-02T16:10:52Z
dc.date.issued09-01-2011
dc.description.abstract"In the 2010 Asia Lecture, Professor Frolic shared unique insights into the evolution of Canada-China relations focusing on the complex negotiations and diplomatic coup by which Canada established diplomatic ties with the People’s Republic in autumn 1970. One of Canada’s foremost China scholars, Frolic first visited China as a graduate student in 1965 and went on to become a Canadian diplomatic representative to the Communist state in the mid-1970s. Using first-hand experience, expert knowledge, and rare interview material, Frolic provided glimpses of how Canada’s diplomatic ties with China came about despite Cold War tensions. As he explained with candour and simplicity, although the decision to formalize ties with China brought a chill to Canada’s own relations with the United States for a time, it marked a coming of age for Canadian foreign policy: what became known as the Canadian Solution to the diplomatic quandary of the “One China” policy was eventually adopted by other countries. Frolic places the evolution of formal Canada-China relations in the context of milestones, from Norman Bethune to the controversial Canadian grain sales to China during its Great Famine, from the “missionary kids” who became Canada’s first crop of diplomats to China to the deft handling of the “One China"" issue that brought Canada to diplomatic centre stage. Prominent Canadian China scholar, Prof. Ruth Hayhoe, offered an equally insightful response."
dc.identifier.citationFrolic, B. (Bernie) Michael (2011). “Canada and China at 40” Asia Colloquia Papers 1 (1). Toronto: York Centre for Asian Research. Available at: www.yorku.ca/ycar.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/31661
dc.relation.uriwww.yorku.ca/ycar
dc.rightsThe copyright for the paper content remains with the author(s).
dc.subjectChina Studies
dc.subjectArea Studies
dc.subjectPolitical Science
dc.subjectDiplomatic relations
dc.subject.keywordsCanada-China relations
dc.subject.keywordsGreat famine
dc.subject.keywordsmissionary kids
dc.subject.keywordsNorman Bethune
dc.titleCanada and China at 40
dc.typeAsia Colloquia Papers

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