On Canadian Policy Toward China And Sino - Canadian Relations

Canada, as one of the most advanced industrial powers and the second largest one in territory in the world with rich natural resources, the changes on Canadian foreign policies will surely have some effects on Asian pacific regions, especially China. Owing to Canadian geographical location and history, Canada's foreign policies have long been greatly influenced by her neighboring country-the United States. However, with the Canadian rapid social and economical changes, based on her traditional foreign policy, some changes for Canada's foreign policy have been made, which is focusing more on Asian Pacific regions, especially on China. Therefore, it's of some importance to analyze the process and the changes of Canada's foreign policies.This thesis analyzes why there are some changes for Canada's foreign policies, discusses what foreign policy adjustments Canada has made to China and studies the possible Sino-Canadian prospect in political, economic, and trade fields. Then, by making the best use of Morgenthau's international relation theories and localism theories, this thesis systematically analyses why Canada has made some adjustments to China's foreign policy and points out its possible influences on China as well as China's reactions to these changes.The thesis consists of three parts as followed:Chapter One retrospects the history of Canada's foreign policy, focuses on the geographically political and economical relationship with the United States, illustrates the background and contents of American-Canadian Free Trade Agreement and analyzes the important events affecting American-Canadian relationship, such as "Cuba Incident", "9.11 Incident", "Helms-Burton Act" and the great influences on Canada's foreign policy adjustments caused by "9.11 Incident". Chapter Two illustrates the reasons why Canada has made some adjustments to China's foreign policy and China's positions and roles in the world stage of politics and economics. Chapter Three analyzes the basic principles for Sino-Canadian cooperation, proposes China should search for new development from the world stage and promote Asian economic development and endeavors to achieve win-win for both China's and the world's economic development. Furthermore, by predicting the Sino-Canadian prospect, Chapter Three analyzes the economic influences caused by Sino-Canadian cooperation on both Sino-Canadian sides and the world. Then it further describes the existing trade problems between China and Canada and proposes some suggestions to these problems.