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Dear CCF readers, It’s our last newsletter of 2025, and this week our attention is on three things – the Jimmy Lai verdict given on Monday, the news that senior leadership are discussing a Carney visit to Beijing, and the US' new
National Security Strategy. See this issue for more on these stories. Our next issue will be coming out on January the 8th, 2026. Have a restful holiday season and see you in the new year! Georgia
( georgiajinkelly@uvic.ca) Communications Director
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 | Join our team! The CCF is looking for individuals who are interested in Canada-China Relations, peace, anti-racism, and labour rights to help curate the newsletter. Members will be responsible for monitoring news and organizational outlets for relevant items, and are invited to give their input on the direction and focus of each edition. Interested individuals should email Georgia
( georgiajinkelly@uvic.ca) with a statement of interest and relevant experience.
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Published: December 16, 2025
Written by: Steven Chase
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Carney, looking for new export markets because of an increasingly protectionist United States under President Donald Trump, is trying to patch up relations with Beijing after a severe diplomatic rupture and years of Canada barring state-owned Chinese companies from investing or operating here.
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Published: December 17, 2025
We, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America and the High Representative of the European Union, condemn the prosecution of Jimmy Lai under the National Security Law (NSL) in Hong Kong that has led to his guilty verdict on December 15, 2025. We continue to express our concerns about deteriorating rights, freedoms and autonomy in Hong Kong. Freedom of expression and opinion, and media freedom, are enshrined in Hong Kong’s Basic Law.
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Published: December 15, 2025
Hong Kong upholds the rule of law. The Central Government firmly supports the Hong Kong SAR in safeguarding national security and punishing crimes that endanger national security in accordance with the law.
China deplores and firmly opposes certain country blatantly making false accusations against Hong Kong’s judicial affairs. Judicial authorities in Hong Kong SAR fulfill their duties, safeguard the authority of the law and defend national security in accordance with the law. This is justified, legitimate, lawful and beyond reproach. The relevant judicial case is purely Hong Kong’s internal affair. We urge relevant country to respect China’s sovereignty and the rule of law in Hong Kong, and refrain from making irresponsible remarks on the
trial of judicial cases in Hong Kong SAR or meddling in Hong Kong’s judicial affairs and interfering in China’s internal affairs in any form.
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Published: November, 2025
For policy on the Asia Pacific, see pg. 19 — Asia: Win the Economic Future, Prevent Military Confrontation.
To thrive at home, we must successfully compete [in the Indo-Pacific] —and we are. President Trump signed major agreements during his October 2025 travels that further deepen our powerful ties of commerce, culture, technology, and defense, and reaffirm our commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific.
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Published: December 6, 2025
In addition to stating that Taiwan is a global leader in semiconductor manufacturing, [the NSS2025] emphasizes Taiwan‘s vital geostrategic location and importance to global shipping, underscoring Taiwan‘s significant influence on the US economy.
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Published: December 16, 2025
Written by: John Feffer
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Trump‘s effort to reduce Chinese economic influence in the region has less to do with any “spheres of influence” geopolitical strategy and more to with the president‘s desire to reduce U.S. dependency—and by extension, hemispheric dependency—on Beijing.
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Published: December 13, 2025
Written by: REUTERS
China and Japan have long sparred over their painful history. China consistently reminds its people of the 1937 Nanjing Massacre, in which it says Japanese troops killed 300,000 people in what was then its capital.
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Published: December 17, 2025
Written by: Sung Ho-chul & Lee Beul-chan
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi stated that regarding her remarks on a "Taiwan contingency " she would "reflect on the parts that were perceived as exceeding the government‘s existing stance and approach future parliamentary discussions accordingly." However, she did not retract her earlier remarks.
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Published: December 13, 2025
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Connecticut schools are enriching lessons with Asian-American stories amid rising anti-Asian sentiment.
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 | Published: November 2025
Edited by: Gordana Malešević
This anthology explores the causes and consequences of persistent gender-based inequalities in contemporary China. Through 13 chapters, it examines how gender inequality is shaped, reinforced, questioned and worked around in early 21st century China. This book covers areas such as the welfare system, labour market, land rights and divorce — areas in which equality between men and women is still inadequate in law and practice.
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