THE GLOBAL EXCHANGE PODCAST

December 14, 2020

On today's Global Exchange Podcast, Colin Robertson is joined by Philip Calvert, Ted Lipman, and John Gruetzner to talk about the state of Canada-China relations.

Participant Biographies:

• Philip Calvert is a fellow at CGAI and at the China Institute (University of Calgary).
• Ted Lipman is a fellow at CGAI and the head of a consultancy and designing firm based in Kong Kong.
• John Gruetzner is a fellow at CGAI and is responsible for international business development for the Canadian-based firm Syngrafii Inc. 

Host Biography:

• Colin Robertson (host) is a former Canadian diplomat, now Vice President of and Fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute.

Read the Canadian International Council’s series, “An Assessment of 50 Years of Canada-China Relations”.

What Philip Calvert is reading:

• "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
• "Songs for the End of the World" by Saleema Nawaz
• "Eat the Buddha: Life and Death in a Tibetan Town" by Barbara Demick

What Ted Lipman is reading:

• "The Road to Character" David Brooks

What John Gruetzner is reading:

• "The Myth of Chinese Capitalism" by Dexter Roberts
• "The Twilight of Democracies: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism" by Anne Applebaum