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This month, the Canada-China Focus Newsletter will only have one issue. In January, we will return with our regularly scheduled twice-monthly newsletter.

The entire CCF team wishes our readers a wonderful holiday season! 

Last month, Bianca Mugyenyi, representing Canada-China Focus, participated in No Cold War's international webinar titled "The US War Machine: What Trump Means for Global Conflict." Bianca spoke alongside prominent voices, including Jill Stein, Claudia De La Cruz, Walden Bello, and Charles Xu, offering a unique Canadian perspective on the event’s critical discussions.

If you missed the live event, you can watch the replay here: https://www.youtube.com/live/UI9D1YQ2Q6c?si=VfkWbmmc1Y8qtPbk

Canada‘s Ambassador to Japan and Special Envoy for the Indo-Pacific, Ian McKay, joined the APF Canada team on November 29, 2024, for a special discussion on the current political dynamics in Japan and what they might mean for Canada-Japan relations.

McKay also shared his thoughts on the state of Canada‘s Indo-Pacific engagement two years into Ottawa‘s Indo-Pacific Strategy in a fireside chat with our Vice-President Research & Strategy Vina Nadjibulla. Audience questions touched on Canada‘s relations with India, Canada and Japan‘s ongoing discussions regarding an information agreement, and China‘s influence in the Indo-Pacific.

Published: November 25, 2024
Written by: Zoë Richards & Steve Kopack

President-elect Donald Trump said Monday that his incoming administration would slap new tariffs on imported goods from Mexico, Canada and China, solidifying a key campaign promise that could have a major impact on trade.

Trump said in a post on Truth Social that he plans to impose a 25% tariff on products imported from Mexico and Canada, framing the proposal as a response to the ongoing fentanyl crisis.

Trump said that he would also seek to impose additional tariffs on China.

More than 2,000 people took part Wednesday in a procession to escort a relic of the Buddha lent by China to a shrine in the Thai capital Bangkok to honor the birthday of King Maha Vajiralongkorn and to celebrate half a century of diplomatic relations between Thailand and China.

The tooth relic, considered sacred by Buddhists, was flown in earlier in the day from the Lingguang Temple in Beijing, which normally houses it. Loans of the tooth as a show of friendship have been an effective form of soft diplomacy by China, even though competing claims from various countries on possessing the Buddha‘s tooth raise questions about its provenance.

A Chinese scientist dedicated to combating desertification has been awarded the Champions of the Earth, the UN's highest environmental honor, marking the first time a Chinese recipient has been recognized in the Science and Innovation category of the award, according to a release the National Forestry and Grassland Administration sent to the Global Times on Tuesday.

Lu Qi, the Chief Scientist of the Chinese Academy of Forestry and founding President of the Institute of Great Green Wall, played a key role in implementing the world's largest afforestation project, establishing expert research networks and partnerships, and boosting multilateral cooperation to stem desertification, land degradation and drought, according to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

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