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Canada and Asia

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AuthorRyan Touhey,Yuen Pau Woo
DOI10.1177/002070200906400401
Date01 December 2009
Published date01 December 2009
Subject MatterCanada and Asia
Ryan Touhey & Yuen Pau Woo
Canada and Asia
Introduction
| International Journal | Autumn 2009 | 875 |
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Canadian legislation that led to
the creation of the Asia Pa cific Foundati on of Canada (APFC). As the
country’s leading think tank on Canada-Asia relations, the foundation has
put together a special issue of
International Journal.
This collection consists
of 10 articles on various aspects of the Canada-Asia relationship, as well as
an interview with four distinguished practitioners of international policy—
Senator Jack Austin, Donald Campbell, former prime minister Joe Clark, and
Wendy Dobson. Fittingly, the collection also includes a piece on the years
leading up to the creation of the APFC in 1984, prepared by Greg Donaghy
of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade’s historical
section. In commissioning the articles, the editors asked the authors to not
only review the last quarter century of relations with Asia, but also to assess
the prospects for stronger relations in the years ahead.
There have been many important developments in Canada-Asia
economic and political relations over the past 25years. These include rising
Ryan Touhey is assistant professor of history at St. Jer ome’s Univ ersity/University of
Waterloo. Yuen Pau Woo is president and CEO of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.

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