CCF News Bulletin for Thurs, Oct 5th
 
Canada-China Focus
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Anti-Racism
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NBC News: "Politicians' anti-China language prompted anti-Asian violence, battleground voters say in new poll"

Published: Nov 9, 2023
Written by: Kimmy Yam

A new poll released on Wednesday revealed that most potential 2024 voters in battleground states believe that politicians‘ use of anti-China rhetoric was responsible for the previous spike in violence toward Asian Americans. 

 

 

 

New Book Release:
International Students from Asia in Canadian Universities

Edited By Ann Kim, Elizabeth Buckner, Jean Michel Montsion
Published by: Routledge, 2023

Read the Open-Access Edition Here
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This book explores how the recruitment and retention of Asian international students in Canadian universities intersects with other institutional priorities. Responding to the growing need for new insights and perspectives on the institutional mechanisms adopted by Canadian universities to support Asian international students in their academic and social integration to university life, it crucially examines the challenges at the intersection of two institutional priorities: internationalization and anti-racism. This is especially important for the Asian international student group, who are known to experience invisible forms of discrimination and differential treatment in Canadian post-secondary education institutions. The authors present new conceptualisations and theoretical perspectives on topics including international students‘ experiences and understandings of race and racism, comparisons with domestic students and/or non-Asian students, institutional discourse and narratives on Asian international students, comparison with other university priorities, cross-national comparisons, best practices, and recent developments linked to the COVID-19 pandemic.
International Relations
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NPR: "Tens of millions already being spent on campaign ads naming China"

Published: Nov 15, 2023
Written by: Domenico Montanaro

So far, $18 million has been spent in the presidential race on TV ads mentioning China with ads airing more than 46,500 times, according to data from the ad-tracking firm AdImpact and analyzed by NPR. Even more has been spent on digital – nearly $26 million with more than 223,000 digital ads that have popped up. 

 

 

 

Reuters: "Biden, Xi's 'blunt' talks yield deals on military, fentanyl"

Published: Nov 15, 2023
Written by: Trevor Hunnicutt, Jeff Mason and Steve Holland

U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping agreed on Wednesday to open a presidential hotline, resume military-to-military communications and work to curb fentanyl production, showing tangible progress in their first face-to-face talks in a year.

 

 

 

PEW Research Center: "How views of the U.S., China and their leaders have changed over time"

Published: Nov 6, 2023
By: Laura Silver et al.

The 2023 data is drawn from 24 nationally representative surveys conducted with 30,861 adults. Data from the U.S. is not included in the analysis of confidence in leadership. The surveys were conducted from Feb. 20 to May 22, 2023. 
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Events - Environment, Peace, Decolonization

UVic Centre for Asia-Pacific Alternatives: "Decolonial Endurance: Indigenous World Making on the China-Myanmar Border"

When: Thursday, Nov 23 at 3:30 PT. 
Where: Fraser Building A168a, University of Victoria (CAPI Boardroom)

Description: Like many countries in Asia, China does not recognize the existence of Indigenous people within its borders, insisting instead on the category of ethnic minority. This denial of Indigeneity forecloses discussions about Chinese colonialism and limits transnational solidarity with Indigenous communities elsewhere. Pushing back against state-sponsored discourses, I propose understanding so-called ethnic minority people in China as Indigenous to connect their experiences to broader questions of colonialism and Indigenous dispossession.
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UAlberta - The China Institute: "An Ecological History of Modern China"

When: Tuesday, Nov 28 at 10am PT
Where: Online via Zoom

Description: Stevan Harrell‘s An Ecological History of Modern China tells the history of the People‘s Republic not through elite politics or cultural change, but through the interaction between China‘s demographic and economic growth and the physical environment of the country. It asks whether sustainable development is possible and how China‘s ecological history has affected the world environment. 

Historical Reflections

China Matters - the China Institute podcast: "A discussion with Helen Cheung on the history of Chinese merchants in Western Canada"


Evan Oddleifson speaks with Helen Cheung about her recently published book, "Mercantile Mobility: Chinese Merchants in Western Canada", and exhibition at the Bruce Peel Special Collections at the University of Alberta.
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