As Canadians, we're proud of the regulatory processes that our government has in place; the system of checks-and-balances is well-established and respected. That said, it was discouraging this week to see Ottawa invoke national security as a pretext...

Finland has a bold plan to short circuit the global network of maritime data cables that make up the circulatory system of the global economy. The idea is straightforward: build a cable north to the Arctic Ocean, then swing east along the Arctic...

Join Trade, Investment and Innovation Program Manager Justin Elavathil as he explores the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), how it has evolved, and what that means for Canada in "Resurrecting the TPP," a new video from APF Canada. This special...

I met Peter Vesterbacka at the We+ ‘Coworking Space’ in Helsinki, a place he affectionately dubbed the ‘Heart of Eurasia.’ We+, a Chinese company that operates startup incubators across the Finnish mainland, had recently made Helsinki the home of...

Welcome to a special episode of The Youth Element, the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada’s podcast series about youth cultures in Canada and Asia. Join Justin Kwan and special guest host Erin Williams as they talk to Canadian youth about their...

Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at the 44th G7 summit in Quebec. | Courtesy Vietnam News Agency The following is an interview with Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at the conclusion of the 44th G7 summit held on June 8–9, 2018,...

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s attendance at the G7 in Quebec from June 8-to-10 at the invitation of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is of special significance as the two countries hold various activities to celebrate the 45th...

Over the next four weeks, the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada will be releasing a four-part blog series on the development of the Arctic dimension of China's Belt and Road Initiative: 'The Polar Silk Road.' Our Post-Graduate Research Fellow,...

China is at the centre of a global clean technology transformation. The world’s largest green-house gas emitter is attempting to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels, in what Chinese President Xi Jinping has termed the “energy revolution.” Beijing...

The conversation around state-owned enterprises (SOEs) captures media attention in Canada. Most recently, the Chinese ambassador to Canada was quoted in a major Canadian daily calling it "immoral" for Canadians to oppose takeovers of their companies...

Prime Minister of Vietnam Nguyễn Xuân Phúc (R) and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meet for talks at the Presidential Place in Hanoi on November 8, 2017. | Photo: Thống Nhất/Vietnam News Agency As Canada prepares for the 2018 G7 Summit,...

Over the next four weeks, the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada will be releasing a four-part blog series on the development of the Arctic dimension of China's Belt and Road Initiative: 'The Polar Silk Road.' Our Post-Graduate Research Fellow,...

It should come as reassuring news to the international community that China appears genuinely committed to addressing climate change and promoting clean-tech innovation. China’s 13th five-year plan lays out one of the world’s most anticipated and...

On April 30, the Chinese Communist Party mouthpiece, Global Times, released a damning op-ed, titled “Canada must adopt holistic China policy.” It managed to denigrate all immigrant Canadians by suggesting that Senator Thanh Hai Ngo’s criticisms of...

In the start-up community, the biblical-sounding term ‘Valley of Death’ refers to the precarious intermediate stage between Research and Development (R&D) and product commercialization. This gap is especially pronounced within the cleantech...

The global market for clean technology is now estimated to be around US$1 trillion and is expected to surpass US$2.5 trillion by 2020. For Canada, a country with an economy largely reliant on resource exports, the performance of its companies in a...

After trashing the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) during his election campaign, and following through on his election promise to withdraw the United States from the pact right after taking office, Donald Trump is now musing about having the US...

China’s growing economic and political influence continues to dominate the news, and Canada has certainly been paying attention. Now it’s time to move past the “China-is-rising” narrative and start to build on our history of co-operation – ...

The looming trade war between the United States and China – potential tariffs have so far only been announced – may never happen, but it is the type of brinkmanship that neither country needs, nor does the rest of the world, for that matter. The...

As China surges forward as the world’s second largest economy, it comes as little surprise that it is the world’s largest solid waste generator, surpassing the U.S. in 2004. The World Bank predicts China will produce twice as much municipal solid...