With its Ukraine peace plan, China seeks to make itself indispensable on the world stage | The Globe and Mail

Published: 28 February 2023

February 27, 2023 | The events marking the one-year anniversary of the war in Ukraine included fiery speeches from the two main opponents, Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as well as Ukraine...

The Chinese spy balloon is the latest chapter in the history of high-altitude espionage and surveillance | The Globe and Mail

Published: 14 February 2023

February 9, 2023 | The story of the flight of the Chinese balloon created a near-hysteria in political circles of not on the ground and, in breathless cable coverage, suggested a frightening new...

La démocratie n’est plus contagieuse | La Presse

Published: 5 January 2022

January 2, 2022 | What do China and Qatar have in common? They will be hosting two main sporting events in 2022, and have strict authoritarian regimes, Jennifer Welsh explores in this co-written...

Expert: U.S. diplomats to boycott 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics

Published: 8 December 2021

The United States has announced a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in China – a move that has been heavily criticized by Beijing. The White House said no official delegation would be...

ISID congratulates Nhu Truong, former winner of its graduate field research award.

Published: 20 February 2020

ISID congratulates Nhu Truong who has just been awarded a Shorenstein postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University.  As a Shorenstein Postdoctoral Fellow on Contemporary Asia, Dr Truong will...

As rural China rapidly adopts clean energy, use of traditional wood and coal stoves persists

Published: 5 December 2019

Old habits are hard to break. A McGill-led study of replacement of traditional wood and coal burning stoves with clean energy in China suggests that, without a better understanding of the reasons...

Destiny and Discontent: the Outlook for Hong Kong

Friday, October 11, 2019 10:00to11:30

A guest lecture by Professor Alejandro Reyes of the Asia Global Institute, University of Hong Kong....

No grain self-sufficiency in China without changes to land policies

Published: 7 June 2018

If China is to achieve its target of 95% grain self-sufficiency by 2030 it will need to restrict the conversion of arable land to other uses say researchers from McGill. This may prove challenging...

The Neuro signs agreement with Chinese and Cuban institutes

Published: 23 April 2018

Partners agree to share resources, establish steering committee for closer collaboration...

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