NEW BEGINNINGSAnnual Report 05/06

The cover poster in the BC High

School Poster Contest was

designed by Allison McGillivray,

Grade 12, Age 17, St. Thomas

Aquinas High School,

North Vancouver.

Said Allison, “My poster shows

the contrast between Asia and

BC by using symbols such as

the mountains, “the Lions”, the

dragon, the grizzly and the

panda bear.”

Since 1984, the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada has been this country’s lead-

ing independent resource on Asia and Canada-Asia relations. As a national

non-profit organization established by an Act of the Federal Parliament, the

Foundation functions as a knowledge broker, bringing together people and

knowledge to provide current and comprehensive research, analysis and

information on Canada’s transpacific relations. It promotes dialogue on economic,

security, political and social issues, helping to influence public policy and foster

informed decision-making in the Canadian public, private and non-governmental

sectors. In Canada and across the Pacific, the Foundation strengthens networks

and enhances the links among the policy, business and research communities in

areas relating to Canada’s ties with Asia.

The Foundation is the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Study Centre

in Canada, which promotes collaborative research and disseminates information

and analysis on APEC and on priority issues for Canada’s involvement in the

regional forum.

APF Canada acts as the national secretariat for the Pacific Economic Cooperation

Council; the Pacific Basin Economic Council; and the APEC Business Advisory

Council. It also manages the Asia Pacific Business Network and the Canada Asia

Pacific Research Network.

MISSION

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NEW BEGINNINGS

MISSION_________________________________________________________________________________________1

GOVERNANCE ___________________________________________________________________________________3

MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD _________________________________________________6

MESSAGE FROM THE CO-CEOs ___________________________________________________________________7

WWW.ASIAPACIFIC.CA ___________________________________________________________________________9

KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTS________________________________________________________________________10

ACADEMIC NETWORKS _________________________________________________________________________14

BUSINESS NETWORKS __________________________________________________________________________15

ASIA PACIFIC RESEARCH GRANTS PROGRAM ____________________________________________________19

MEDIA FELLOWSHIP AWARDS ___________________________________________________________________21

ASIAN ECONOMIES SPEAKER SERIES____________________________________________________________22

COMMUNICATIONS _____________________________________________________________________________23

BC HIGH SCHOOL POSTER CONTEST ____________________________________________________________25

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS________________________________________________________________________27

CALENDAR OF EVENTS _________________________________________________________________________28

PUBLICATIONS__________________________________________________________________________________39

VISITORS TO THE FOUNDATION __________________________________________________Inside Back Cover

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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GOVERNANCE

The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada is governed by a distinguished Canadian

Board of Directors who are volunteer members drawn from government, academia

and the private sector.

John H. McArthur, a native of Vancouver, British Columbia and Dean Emeritus,

Harvard Business School, is Interim Chairman of the Board. During the fiscal

year 2005-2006, the full Board convened on three occasions.

The Chairman and up to six directors are appointed by the Governor in Council

of the Government of Canada. Up to eighteen directors are appointed by the

Board. The term of office of directors is three years.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2005 – 2006

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John H. McArthur

Chairman

Asia Pacific Foundation

of Canada

Dean Emeritus,

Harvard Business

School,

Cambridge, MA

Gordon Ashworth

Chairman

Devon Group

Toronto, ON

Thomas S. Axworthy,

O.C.

Toronto, ON

Dr. Kenneth S. Courtis

Tokyo, Japan

Dr. Edward Doherty

MLA, Saint John

Harbour

Saint John, NB

James Fox

Director General

South and Southeast

Asia Bureau

Foreign Affairs Canada

Ottawa, ON

Robert Fung

Orion Securities

Toronto, ON

Diana Liu

President

Cansbridge Capital

Corporation

Vancouver, BC

Charles McMillan

President

Scotia Glenayr Inc.

Toronto, ON

A. Keith Mitchell, Q.C.

Managing Partner

Farris, Vaughan, Wills &

Murphy

Vancouver, BC

David Mulroney

Assistant Deputy

Minister

Foreign Affairs Canada

Ottawa, ON

Robert Pace

Chairman of the Board

Maritime Broadcasting

System

Halifax, NS

Dr. Pitman Potter

Director

Institute of Asian

Research, UBC

Vancouver, BC

Nicole Senécal

Senior Associate

Holdsworth &

Associates

Ottawa, ON

Norman Webster

President

R. Howard Webster

Foundation

Montréal, QC

Patrick Wong

Managing Partner

Wong, Robinson & Co.

Vancouver, BC

Yuen Pau Woo

President and Co-CEO

Asia Pacific Foundation

of Canada

Vancouver, BC

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2005 – 2006

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Jeff Alexander

Junior Research Analyst

Nizar Assanie

Senior Economist

Cheryl Chan

Post-Graduate Research Fellow

David Chan

Post-Graduate Research Fellow

Melina Czerwinski

Communications Assistant

Dr. Paul Evans

Co-CEO and Chairman of the

Executive Committee of APF Canada

Lisa Fancott

Director of Corporate Affairs

Janet Fang

Researcher and Database Coordinator

Kathy Forbes

Information Specialist

Michel Gagnon

Junior Research Analyst

Eleanor Gill

Junior Research Analyst

Dr. Carin Holroyd

Manager, Academic Relations and

Senior Research Analyst

Angie Hsu

Executive Assistant to Paul Evans

Paul Irwin

Director, Asia Pacific Business Network

Abhishek Kaicker

Post-Graduate Research Fellow

Haziel Koe

Web Developer

Philip Ma

Senior Web Developer

Ninderjit Mann

Manager, IT Services

Margaret McBride

Director, Finance & Administration

Margaret Nevin

Director of Communications

Michael Nicholas

Junior Research Analyst

Michelle Nicol

Event Coordinator and

Administrative Assistant

Ron Richardson

Executive Editor

Anita Tong

Executive Assistant to Yuen Pau Woo

Sarah Tsang

Junior Research Analyst

Matthew Walls

Junior Research Analyst

Yuen Pau Woo

President and Co-CEO

Kenny Zhang

Senior Research Analyst

STAFF

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HIGHLIGHTS FROM CLIENT SURVEY OF APF CANADA

In April 2005, Foreign Affairs Canada commissioned an independent surveyof the Foundation’s mandate andoperations. A wide cross-section of 480 business, government, academic and non-governmentalrepresentatives was selected to provide candid and anonymous feedback. The survey indicated thereis a high level of satisfaction bystakeholders with the outputs of theFoundation. From amongst thoseclients surveyed, a few highlights:

> 90% said they were “somewhat,very, or extremely satisfied” withthe Foundation’s products andservices.

> 94% of government respondentssaid the Foundation covers sectors and/or subject matters ofinterest to them “somewhat toextremely well.”

> 80% use one or more of theFoundation’s products or services.

> 82% said that the products andservices of the Foundation havemade a difference to their business planning in the AsiaPacific region.

> 87% of those who attended theAsia Pacific Summit were“somewhat to extremely wellsatisfied” with the event with themajority falling in the “very well”category.

> 89% of the members of the AsiaPacific Business Network indicated that they were “very toextremely satisfied” with the network’s events.

APF Canada Staff

I was delighted to accept the appointment as Chairman of the AsiaPacific Foundation of Canada, takingthe position after Dr. Thomas S.Axworthy’s years of steady leadership.As a native of Vancouver with myundergraduate degree from theUniversity of BC, I have witnessedfirst-hand the historic transformationof Canada’s Pacific province becauseof our relationship with Asia.

For 22 years, APF Canada has provided Canadians with the latestintelligence on Canada-Asia economic,trade, and political issues, developedunique business networks in theregion, assisted Canadian companiesin forging strong business ties, andhelped to shape Canadian interna-tional policies toward the Asia Pacific.It plays a critical role in givingCanadians the tools to succeed inAsia, and in demonstrating our serious and ongoing commitment toengage the region.

Our work will be considerably assistedthrough the Government of Canada’s$50 million endowment, announcedin February 2005. This endowmenthas given the Foundation financialstability and the confidence to launcha renewed program of networking,research, and outreach, the initialphase of which is detailed in thisAnnual Report. The Foundation alsoreceived a generous grant from theProvince of British Columbia. Theseresources truly provide APF Canadawith the foundations required tomeet our ambitious mandate.

To move forward with our renewal, astrategic plan was developed to identify key priorities for the nextthree years and to establish a newgrants program to support policyresearch and informed discussion onCanada-Asia relations. Our vision of

APF Canada places it at the hub of arenewed Asia Pacific network inCanada with a focus on three strategicpriorities: Strengthening Networks inCanada and Across the Pacific;Producing Knowledge That Matters;and Increasing Public Awareness.

The role of the Board of Directors isto provide effective oversight andadvice to APF Canada’s senior management as it implements thestrategic plan. We are keenly awareof the mark of confidence that theendowment bestows on theFoundation, and of the responsibilityupon us to ensure diligent progresstoward our goals with effective use ofpublic funds. Prior to the transfer ofthe endowment, the Foundationmade several significant changes,including the appointment of a newleadership team, the adoption of newgood governance measures, and thereduction of operating costs. I particularly welcome the selection ofDr. Paul Evans and Yuen Pau Woo asCo-CEOs, following an extensivenational search. Dr. Evans serves asCo-CEO and Chair of the ExecutiveCommittee of APF Canada withresponsibility for institutional development and communications.Dr. Evans was seconded from UBC

where he was Professor and ActingDirector of the Liu Institute for GlobalIssues. He has an international reputation for his work on contemporary political and securityissues in the Asia Pacific region. Yuen Pau Woo was promoted toPresident and Co-CEO with responsibility for corporate affairsand networks. He was previouslyVice-President, Research and ChiefEconomist. Together, these wellknown experts on Asia and Canada-Asia relations offer a unique blend ofskills and perspectives to lead theFoundation at a time when Asia’simportance for Canada is greaterthen it has ever been.

I am also pleased to welcome sixnew members of the Board ofDirectors: Kenneth S. Courtis, JamesFox, Diana Liu, Dr. Pitman Potter,Nicole Senécal, and Patrick Wong.We also thank the departing Boardmembers Thomas S. Axworthy,Charles McMillan, Keith Mitchell,David Mulroney and Norman Websterfor their loyal service. We are indeedfortunate that this array of highly talented individuals offer their timeand energy to guide the Foundation’srenewal.

I join with my fellow Board membersin thanking APF Canada and all stake-holders for the accomplishments outlined in this Annual Report and inpledging our full dedication to thetasks ahead.

John H. McArthur

Interim Chairman of the Board

MESSAGE FROM

THE CHAIRMAN OF

THE BOARD

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John H. McArthur

We were honoured to accept theBoard’s appointment as Co-CEOs at atime of renewal in the Foundationwhich began with the provision of agenerous endowment from theGovernment of Canada. TheFoundation would not be in the solidposition that it is today if it were notfor the dedicated efforts of our predecessors and of Board memberspast and present.

We were encouraged by the resultsof an independent survey thatshowed strong awareness of theFoundation’s mandate amongst ourclientele as well as appreciation ofthe practical value that our productsand services provide. Over the pastfiscal year, APF Canada has sharpenedits strategic focus on StrengtheningNetworks in Canada and Across thePacific; Producing Knowledge ThatMatters; and Increasing PublicAwareness. An overview of some ofthe most notable accomplishments ineach of these areas follows:

Strengthening Networks in Canada

and Across the Pacific

With the approach of the Vancouver2010 Olympic and ParalympicGames, preceded by the 2008 Gamesin Beijing, Canada has an idealopportunity to strengthen trans-Pacificlinkages in all their dimensions. TheAsia Pacific Foundation, leveragingour unique role as a builder ofbridges and networks among differentgroups and communities, undertooka major initiative to explore Canada’sNational Pacific Gateway Strategyand its implications for policy-mak-ers, as well as business, academic,cultural, and civil society communities

across this country. We began withthe recognition that the physicalinfrastructure of the gateway is necessary to ensure efficient processing of rapidly growing tradewith Asia, but it alone is not sufficient.For a relationship to occur in the firstplace, Canadians require sophisticatedeconomic and business skills and cultural awareness.

To launch the Foundation’s initiativeto contribute to the development of aNational Pacific Gateway Strategy, atwo-day Gateway Convening – thefirst in a series of such eventsplanned across Canada – was held inNovember, drawing together about45 representatives from government,transportation, commerce, financialservices, academia, organized labour,and the arts to discuss the initiativein its broadest terms. The discussionsin Vancouver helped to set the agendafor further research on the AsiaPacific Gateway – including educationand training needs, labour issues,trans-national migration, and culturalconnections. The Convenings will

serve to enhance the understandingof Canadian business, scholars, andcitizens of the importance of the AsiaPacific region to Canada’s futuregrowth and prosperity.

Producing Knowledge That Matters

As a “think-tank,” one of theFoundation’s core competencies hasalways been producing ideas thathave impact for public and privatesector decision-makers. As part of agrant from the Government of BritishColumbia under its Asia PacificInitiative, APF Canada spearheadedbaseline research on the Province’strade and investment relations withkey regional markets. In September2005, a report, Market Opportunitiesfor British Columbia in Asia Pacific,was presented to the Premier’s AsiaPacific Trade Council (APTC), a high-level group of experts who are makingrecommendations on strengtheningBC’s trans-Pacific ties.

Building on this publication, theGovernment of BC requested that theFoundation provide advancedresearch support for APTC’s China,Japan, and India Market AdvisoryGroups. APF Canada organized twocommunity workshops on China andIndia to tap into the perspectives ofthose British Columbians who knowthese two countries best. APF Canadalooks forward to continuing to deliverhigh quality results over the next twoand a half years of APTC’s mandate.

The Foundation has also been activein leveraging its international connections to produce strategicbusiness information that helps tomake sense of Asia for Canadianfirms. Under a memorandum of

MESSAGE FROM

THE CO-CEOS

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Dr. Paul Evans

understanding signed in March 2005between the Foundation and ChinaCouncil for the Promotion ofInternational Trade (CCPIT) in Beijing,a survey was conducted of China’soutward direct investment intentionsunder the country’s “Go Global”strategy. The responses from almost300 firms yielded insights about howChinese firms see Canada as aninvestment destination, their futureplans for overseas direct investment,and the types of industries mostinterested in foreign opportunities.The final report, China Goes Global —A Survey of Chinese Companies’Outward Direct Investment Intentions,which included a synopsis inChinese, was released simultaneouslyin Canada and in China. This wastruly first-of-its-kind research that theFoundation expects to replicate in the future.

Increasing Public Awareness

Of course, one of the indicators thatthe Canada-Asia relationship is moving forward will be heightenedinterest and engagement among thebroadest possible range ofCanadians. To help widen the circle,APF Canada unveiled three new initiatives over the past fiscal year.

The Asia Pacific Research GrantsProgram is helping to support policyresearch through publications for theFoundation’s Canada in Asia series,policy grants, scholarly conferences,and Post-Graduate research fellow-ships. In addition, the Foundation’sMedia Fellowship program is supporting the work of talented journalists who will travel to Asia andproduce significant pieces for leadingprint and broadcast outlets.

Perhaps no topic is discussed morein relation to Asia than its expandingeconomic influence. The Foundation’sAsian Economies Speaker Series,held in cooperation with SimonFraser University, has broughtrenowned experts to Vancouver toshare their perspectives of whatAsia’s growth means for Canada andthe world. The series will lead to thecreation of an endowed Chair inAsian Economies at Simon FraserUniversity, established jointly withAPF Canada. This will be an importantresource for the Foundation as wedeepen our research on Asian tradeand investment.

While advanced analysis and discussions of Asia Pacific politics,economics, and society are undoubtedly essential, theFoundation is keenly aware thatAsia’s appeal is also aesthetic andbroad-based. In January, APF Canadalaunched a province-wide contest foryouth in BC’s high schools to translate artistic visions of BC asCanada’s Asia Pacific Gateway into

posters. Encouraging students tothink about the cross-cultural connections between East and Westis part of the Foundation’s mandateto help foster a greater awareness ofAsia and Canada-Asia relationsamong Canadians.

We warmly congratulate the winnersof this contest who have their interpretations of the Gateway portrayed throughout this AnnualReport. If the quality of the entries isan indicator of interest amongCanadian youth, we have good reasons for optimism about thefuture of Canada-Asia relations in alltheir colours.

Dr. Paul Evans

Co-CEO and Chairman of theExecutive Committee of APF Canada

Yuen Pau Woo

President and Co-CEO

MESSAGE FROM

THE CO-CEOS

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Yuen Pau Woo

WWW.ASIAPACIFIC.CAThe Foundation’s website is its principal face to the world, presenting information

and research products in an easily accessible way to a growing audience

from the business, academic and public policy communities, as well as the

general public.

The APF Canada websites provideCanadians with free and easy accessto the full range of the Foundation’sinformation and analysis products, aswell as a comprehensive knowledgebase on Canada-Asia relations. TheInternet portal is divided among threeseparate URLs – general interest,business, academic – to better definethe content of each and to providemore direct access to specific typesof information.

During the year under review, therewas an average of 17,830 hits dailyon the Foundation’s websites (excluding in-house use). This compares with 19,349 hits daily in2004-2005 representing a decline insite activity of 8.5%. One factor in this decline was the absence of anAsia Pacific Summit during the year.This event always generates considerable extra traffic to our websites around the time of theevent. During the latest period, anaverage of 1,627 Internet users visitedone of our three sites each day. The

average visitor came to our site 2.18times during each month of the period. Repeat visits were highest tothe research site where the averageuser logged on 2.6 times each month.

At the end of the period, planninghad begun for a major up-date of theFoundation’s sites. The first phasewas implemented in March with theintroduction of a newly designedhome page. More substantialchanges will follow. The websites area resource to help develop Canadianexpertise on relations with Asiathrough the provision of informationand analysis.

CUMULATIVE RESULTS

Subscription products continued toshow steady growth. For the yearending March 31, 2006, users downloaded over 319,729 PDF documents from our website. Thecontent of our website (incorporatingwww.asiapacific.ca, www.asiapacificbusiness.ca andwww.asiapacificresearch.ca) continuedto grow during the year to reach 661MB, compared to 544 MB a year ago.

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TOP TEN MOST DOWNLOADED PRODUCTS

1 The East Asian AutomobileIndustry: Opportunity or Threat?(Canada in Asia series)

2 What Works, What Doesn’t In The Indian Market (Canada inAsia series)

3 APF Canada Annual Report 2004-2005

4 Pacific Economic Outlook 2005-2006

5 Canada-India Trade (Canada inAsia series)

6 Asia Pacific Gateway – China

7 APF Canada Annual Report 2003-2004

8 Vietnam Opportunities – Canada-ASEAN 2005 BusinessForum Presentation

9 Asia Pacific Gateway – India

10 Canada Asia Review 2004

KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTSThe Foundation disseminates its research and analysis through a wide range of

knowledge products that help to strengthen Canadian expertise on relations

with Asia. Those products exclusive to the Asia Pacific Business Network help

provide members of the business community with a better understanding of the

Asia Pacific region. All other materials are freely available on the Foundation’s

website to the academic, business and public policy communities as well as the

general public seeking to learn more about Canada-Asia issues.

ASIA PACIFIC BULLETIN

Asia Pacific Bulletin provides a succinct analysis of a significantrecent development, usually a currentnews topic or industry sector update.Bulletins are produced weekly by APFCanada staff, and distributed electronically to subscribers. Duringthe period under review, 50 weeklyBulletins were published. At the endof the period, there were almost1,711 subscribers, up 39% from thenumber at the beginning of the year.

ASIAN OUTLOOK

This quarterly update of the politicaland economic outlook for 14 Asia-Pacific economies, distributed electronically, was designed to pro-vide up-to-date data to members ofthe Asia Pacific Business Network,media and other interested clients.The economic section provided themost recent statistics on economic

performance of each country as wellas commentary on the underlyingforces shaping the numbers. Duringthe period under review, updateddata and commentary on the AsiaPacific economies covered in AsianOutlook was produced and distributedto about 780 APBN members, government officials and media. Themost recent, and final, update of theAsian Outlook series was made inOctober. It was decided to terminatethis product and redeploy more effectively the resources used to prepare it.

CANADA ASIA COMMENTARY

Canada Asia Commentary (and theFrench-language version, Canada-Asie Commentaire) offers in-depthanalysis of important trends andissues in Asia or Canada withtranspacific implications, written byexperts on the topics, either from

among APF Canada staff or outsidecontributors. Commentaries are produced up to six times a year andare distributed electronically to subscribers. Circulation rose by 11%to 2,683 subscribers per issue duringthe period under review. In this timethe Foundation produced threeissues. In November, journalist andTaiwan expert Jonathan Manthorpeauthored, “Taiwan: The DemocraticModel Everyone Tries to Ignore” onbehalf of the Foundation, while inJanuary, Manager of AcademicRelations and Senior ResearchAnalyst Dr. Carin Holroyd wrote“Canada Missing Opportunity in theBooming China Education Market.” InMarch, “Recognizing the CanadianDiaspora” by APF Canada SeniorResearch Analyst Kenny Zhang waspublished, examining the size andpotential impact of the large numberof Canadians now living overseas.

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China's energy needs and interest in

Canadian resources dominated much of the

media coverage during the year.

CANADA-ASIA INVESTMENT

MONITOR

This monthly publication, distributedelectronically to APBN members,government officials and media, provides a short summary of newCanadian investments in Asia andAsian investments in Canada basedon the public reports covered in thedaily Canada Asia News Service. Inaddition, it offers a running, cumulative year-to-date total ofinvestments, broken down by countryand industry sector. Around 885 APFCanada clients were receivingCanada Asia Investment Monitor byemail each month at the end of theperiod. Canada Asia InvestmentMonitor helps keep Canadian expertiseon relations with Asia up-to-datethrough the provision of publishedinformation and analysis.

CANADA ASIA NEWS SERVICE AND

HEADLINE NEWS

Canada Asia News provides a dailysummary of Asian-related Canadianbusiness activity, as reported in over200 English-language news sourcesin Canada and Asia. Much of this isoverlooked by mainstream Canadianpublications so it helps Canadians

gain a clearer picture of this country’sbusiness involvement with Asia. Inaddition, a selection of links to theday’s major news stories around AsiaPacific is provided. The news serviceis sent by email to subscribers andmounted simultaneously on the APFCanada website. At the end of theperiod under review, there were 2,209subscribers receiving the news service daily email, while around 200more accessed the service directlythrough our website. Total subscribers

represented an increase of 11% fromthe same time a year earlier. Thenews service is accessible to users ofall three of the Foundation websites.Selected news items are reproduced,with permission, by a number ofbilateral business associations inCanada and Asia.

CANADA IN ASIA SERIES

The Canada in Asia series offersoccasional papers presenting in-depthresearch or analysis of significantissues in Asia or in Canada-Asia relations. The papers are produced inhardcopy and distributed to targetedaudiences, depending on the specificcontent of the paper. The documentsare also made available in PDF formaton the APF Canada website. In theperiod under review, papers wereproduced dealing with China’s searchfor energy security and the opportunities this presented forCanada, and the results of an in-depthreport of a survey by APF Canadaand the China Council for thePromotion of International Trade onthe overseas investment intentions ofmajor Chinese companies.

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THE EAST ASIAN AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY:

OPPORTUNITY OR THREAT?

The most downloaded publication ofthe year, this popular report presentsthe results of a survey conductedjointly by the Foundation and theAuto Parts Manufacturers’Association (APMA). The purpose ofthe research was to gauge the perceptions of APMA membersregarding developments in the automobile industry in East Asia,especially China. This ground-breaking survey is the first of its kindand reflects a growing awareness inthe industry of the enormous changethat China’s automotive market andits domestic producers will bring tothe global automotive industry. Thereport found that Canadian autoparts manufacturers are alreadyaffected by competition from China,either directly through import competition or indirectly through therelocation of production to China bytraditional customers. To read thesurvey, please visit:

http://www.asiapacific.ca/analysis/pubs/pdfs/can_in_asia/cia_auto_report.pdf

(L-R) Paul Evans met with Djoko Hardono,

Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to

Canada, and Bunyan Saptomo, Consul

General, who presented the Foundation

with a painting during a courtesy call

in March.

David Sproule, Canadian Ambassador to

Afghanistan, briefed Foundation staff in

March regarding events in the Middle East.

KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTS

COUNTRY BACKGROUNDERS

This popular series, a major featureof the Foundation’s business-orientedwebsite, is an easily searchableonline database, allowing users to download selected items of information they may need on any of14 Asia-Pacific economies. The formatallows users to call up comparativeinformation about several countries,as well as a range of data about individual economies. TheBackgrounders help keep Canadianexpertise on relations with Asia up-to-date through the provision of information and analysis on Canada-Asia economic relations.

INDIA INSIGHT

India Insight is newsletter producedfor electronic distribution to APBNmembers, government officials andmedia providing an update of a keysector of the Indian economy; the latest Indian economic statistics; ashort analysis of developments in theeconomy; a selection of businessnews items from India; and a summary of Canadian business activities in India over the previousmonth drawn from the Canada AsiaNews Service.

Around 735 copies of India Insightwere circulated by email monthlyuntil December, then quarterly, duringthe period under review. India Insighthelps keep Canadian expertise onrelations with Asia up-to-datethrough the provision of publishedinformation and analysis on Canada-India relations.

JAPAN INSIGHT

Japan Insight is a newsletter producedfor electronic distribution to APBNmembers, government officials andmedia providing an update of a keysector of the Japanese economy; thelatest Japanese economic statistics; aselection of business news itemsfrom Japan, including innovations;and a summary of Canadian businessactivities in Japan over the previousmonth drawn from Canada AsiaNews Service. Around 730 copies ofJapan Insight were circulated byemail monthly until December, thenquarterly, during the period underreview. Japan Insight helps keepCanadian expertise on relations withAsia up-to-date through the provisionof published information and analysison Canada-Japan relations.

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CHINA GOES GLOBAL

This report presents the results of asurvey conducted jointly by theFoundation and the China Council forthe Promotion of International Trade(CCPIT) on the outward direct investment intentions of almost 300Chinese companies under the government’s “Go Global” strategy,including specific information on proposed Chinese investment inCanada.

Some of the main findings of the survey include:

> Trading, manufacturing, andresource extraction, handling orprocessing are the top threebusiness activities of Chinesecompanies that have thestrongest intention to investoverseas in the future.

> The top three industries ofChinese companies that are considering ODI expansion within 2-5 years are the automo-tive, food & beverages andmechanical & electrical sectors.

> The most important determinantsof future Chinese ODI are: business potential or expansionprospects; security of investment;and a favourable tax system inthe target market.

> Asia is the top target of respondents considering futureODI expansion, followed byEurope and North America.Canada accounts for only 12-14%of possible ODI expansion in the future.

To read the survey, please visit:

http://www.asiapacific.ca/analysis/pubs/listing.cfm?ID_Publication=502

(L-R) Paul Evans invited the Right

Honourable Joe Clark to brief members of

the business and academic communities

about his observations on the Canada-Asia

relationship.

(L-R) Ma Zhengang, President, China

Institute of International Studies, Beijing,

and Chunyan Tian, Consul General in

Vancouver, visited the Foundation in March

to discuss China-Canada issues.

KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTS

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KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTS RECOGNIZING THE CANADIAN DIASPORA

In recent years, Canadians havebecome more internationally mobileas new forces, such as globalization,modern transportation and communications impact on traditionalwork and living patterns. As a result,an increasing number of Canadiansnow live and work abroad. ThisFoundation study estimates thatsome 2.7 million Canadian citizensare scattered around the world.Should these Canadians, both locally-born or foreign-born, living andworking abroad, be considered aspart of the Canadian population – ineffect a Canadian Diaspora? Thestudy raises questions about thepossible impact of this group of citizens on Canada’s internationalrelations economically, politicallyand culturally, and on policy areasCanada must develop to recognizethis Diaspora, in addition to conventional policies toward trans-national movements of people, inorder to maximize the benefits ofthese ties to Canada. The researchresults suggest that Canada shoulddevelop an explicit policy approachto its Diaspora. To read thisCommentary, please visit:

http://www.asiapacific.ca/analysis/pubs/listing.cfm?ID_Publication=518

CHINA INSIGHT

China Insight is a newsletter producedfor electronic distribution to APBNmembers, government officials andmedia providing the latest Chineseeconomic statistics; a short analysisof developments in the Chinese economy; a selection of short businessnews items on China culled fromChinese media; and a summary ofCanadian business activities in Chinaover the previous month drawn fromthe Canada Asia News Service.Around 765 copies of China Insightwere circulated by email each monthuntil December, then quarterly, duringthe period under review. ChinaInsight helps keep Canadian expertiseon relations with Asia up-to-datethrough the provision of publishedinformation and analysis on Canada-China relations.

ASIA-PACIFIC ECONOMIC

COOPERATION (APEC) STUDY

CENTRE IN CANADA

Designated by the Government ofCanada as the APEC Study Centre in1995, the Foundation producesresearch papers and commentary on priority issues for Canada’sinvolvement in the regional grouping.The Canadian Study Centre is part ofan international network covering 21member economies.

CANADA ASIA PACIFIC RESEARCH

NETWORK (CAPRN)

CAPRN is the Foundation’s virtualnetwork on contemporary Asianaffairs and Canada-Asia relations,consisting of an online experts’ database and an electronic forum forinformation sharing. The CAPRNdatabase currently lists close to 500specialists and serves as a resourcefor research, strategic planning, andpolicy development, serving the academic, business and public policycommunities. With this objective inmind, an opinion survey was conducted in April of 253 CAPRN specialists, to determine their viewson the Foundation’s role in supportingresearch communities in the study of

Canada-Asia relations. The surveyhighlighted a strong interest inCanada-Asia policy research amongstCanadian scholars, but indicated thatlimited funding is a major obstacle.Respondents showed interest in acompetitive research grants program,as well as travel grants. At the end ofMarch 2006, the number of specialistsin the Foundation’s CAPRN databasestood at over 500. The websiteincludes abstracts of recent researchon Canada-Asia relations and postingson job opportunities, conferencesand awards. Strengthening the

development of research networks inCanada, such as CAPRN, contributesto greater Canadian influence in AsiaPacific policy.

JUNIOR RESEARCH ANALYST

INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

The Foundation continued its practiceof taking top graduate students fromacross Canada as research interns,and providing them with practicalexperience in policy research. Duringthe year, the Foundation welcomedMatthew Walls, with a GraduateDiploma in Journalism fromConcordia University; Jeff Alexander,a PhD candidate in History from UBC;Michael Nicholas, with a Post-Graduate Diploma in Cross-CulturalManagement from SFU and an MBAfrom INSEAD, France; Eleanor Gill, anM.A. in Asia Pacific Policy Studiesfrom UBC; Michel Gagnon, an M.A. in History from McGill University;and Sarah Tsang, with a M.Sc. fromthe School of Journalism at Columbia University. The initiativehas since been replaced by the new Post-Graduate ResearchFellowship Program.

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5TH CANADA-CHINA ROUNDTABLEON IMMIGRATION AND HUMAN

RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

Co-sponsored by the Foundation andResearch on Immigration andIntegration in the Metropolis (RIIM),and organized in China by RenminUniversity of China and JinanUniversity, the 5th annual Canada-China Roundtable on Immigrationand Human Resources Managementexamined transnational people flowsbetween Canada and China. Withover 1 million Chinese immigrants living in Canada, China has beenCanada’s top source of immigrantssince 1998. Less well known is theincreasing number of Canadians living and working in China, theresult of a return flow of Chineseimmigrants who hold Canadian passports, as well as native-bornCanadians who are working forCanadian or multinational operationsin China. The roundtable discussionprovided insights into the CanadianDiaspora in China and how this community might shape bilateralrelations in the future, includinginvestment, immigration policy, citizenship and political relations.

To read more, please visit:

http://www.asiapacificresearch.ca/caprn/cci%5Fproject/2005/

Dr. Deunden Nikomborirak, Research

Director, Thailand Development Research

Institute, spoke about "ASEAN and FTA

Strategies and Implications" at a briefing

for APBN members.

(L-R) Wendy Guan and Steven Shi, of the

Sino-Canadian Economic Management

Institute, paid a courtesy call to establish a

working relationship with the Foundation.

ACADEMIC NETWORKS

APF Canada remains committed toproviding Canadian companies withthe business intelligence and contactsthey need to succeed in Asia Pacificmarkets. In Canada, the Foundationprovides a range of networkingopportunities from small ‘off therecord’ briefings sessions for membersof the Foundation’s Asia PacificBusiness Network, to large businessforums like the Asia Pacific Summit.Whatever the size, these events offerup-to-date intelligence on commercialopportunities in Asian markets – andon what Canadian firms need toknow to succeed. In Asia, theFoundation coordinates Canadianbusiness involvement in a number ofkey forums outlined below.

The Foundation maintains a comprehensive set of statistics onCanada-Asia relations which areavailable to the public on theFoundation’s website. In addition, theFoundation has developed a numberof unique databases of interest to thebusiness community. The Asian

Ethnic and Canada-Asia Bilateral

Business Associations Directory

(AEBA) is a database of 150 entriesdesigned by the Foundation to helpidentify the players conducting trans-Pacific business. Easily searchable,this unique directory fosters bettercommunication with Asian businessassociations in Canada, leading tonetworking, relationship building and

increased Canada-Asia businessactivity. The Directory was updatedduring the reporting period and afunction added to allow those associations to post their businessevents at this website. The Canada-

Asia Investment Database, beingdeveloped as support for the BCGovernment’s Asia Pacific Initiative,provides extensive information onalmost 600 Asian-invested companiesoperating in Canada and supports theobjective of increasing Canada-Asiabusiness activity. The Corporations

Database consists of 622 profiles ofCanadian companies with a physicalpresence in Asia Pacific and providesa comprehensive corporate profile,extensive contact information and adescription of the company’s AsiaPacific activities.

ASIA PACIFIC BUSINESS

NETWORK (APBN)

Launched in 2001, the Foundation’sAsia Pacific Business Network contributes to building strongerCanadian networks on Asia Pacificbusiness issues by offering researchand information products on keyAsian markets, along with uniquebriefing and networking opportunities.APBN currently has a core membership of 24 companies at itsCorporate and Chairman’s Circle levels and reaches out to the broader

BUSINESS NETWORKS

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BRITISH COLUMBIA’S ASIA PACIFIC INITIATIVE

As part of a grant from the BC government to provide strategic support to the Province of BritishColumbia’s Asia Pacific Initiative, theFoundation undertook baselineresearch on the province’s trade andinvestment relations with key marketsin the region. This research was presented to the members of thePremier’s Asia Pacific Trade Councilin September in a report entitled“Market Opportunities for BritishColumbia in Asia Pacific.” TheFoundation will continue to providestrategic support to the Asia PacificTrade Council and its country-specific task forces, consisting ofprominent business and communityrepresentatives. The Foundation’sresearch and briefing material – as well as its consultations and otherevents organized in the Province –will contribute to a better understanding of Asia Pacific marketsand British Columbia’s ties to theregion. To read the report, please visit:

http://www.asiapacific.ca/projects/gateway/pdfs/overview.pdf

TECHNOLOGY FOR SECURITY ANDITS IMPACT ON TRANS-PACIFIC

SUPPLY CHAINS

The Foundation undertook aresearch project for ABAC to deter-mine global cost estimates of recentsecurity measures undertaken by theUS government and the InternationalMaritime Organisation, and to inves-tigate the change models that arebeing deployed by exporters, carriersand ports in APEC to meet the newsecurity requirements.

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CANADIAN BUSINESSPERCEPTIONS OF HONG KONG

The Foundation, in partnership withthe Hong Kong Trade DevelopmentCouncil, conducted a survey aboutthe attitudes of Canadian businessestoward using Hong Kong as a gateway to trade and investmentopportunities in China. Some 90% ofrespondents saw Hong Kong as aplatform for China-oriented business– gathering information, raising capital and finding strategic partners.They also valued Hong Kong’s efficient infrastructure, sound legalsystem and low-tax environment.However, respondents were lessaware or less confident of the benefits to their business of HongKong’s Closer Economic PartnershipArrangement (CEPA) with China. Thesurvey results were used in a reportentitled Hong Kong as a Trading andInvestment Platform for CanadianCompanies and presented at anational business forum in Ottawa.For an executive summary of thereport, please visit:

http://www.asiapacific.ca/analysis/pubs/listing.cfm?ID_Publication=457

Canadian ABAC members (L) Gordon W. Chu,

Senior Policy Advisor, Vancouver

International Airport Authority, (LC) Andrina

Lever, President, Lever Enterprises, and (R)

Huu Trung Nguyen, Senior Vice President,

Caisse centrale Desjardins met with (RC)

Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of

Singapore, at the February ABAC meeting

in Singapore.

(L-R) Yuen Pau Woo, Canadian PECC Chair,

and Ban Ki-moon, Minister of Foreign

Affairs and Trade, South Korea, at the 16th

PECC General Meeting, Seoul, South Korea.

BUSINESS NETWORKS

business community through its public forums and partnership events with other bilateral businessassociations.

Eight Asia Pacific Business Network-related events were organized duringthe year that involved the participationof over 900 Canadians from the business, government and researchcommunities, contributing toincreased cooperation between theFoundation and Asia Pacific businessand research networks in Canada.These ranged in scale from large conferences in which APF Canadapartnered with other stakeholders, tosmaller briefing sessions for APBNmembers aimed at strengtheningCanadian knowledge on Asia Pacificbusiness issues. Among the largerevents were:

> Canada-ASEAN Business Forum

The Foundation was a key partnerin program development, researchcontent and promotion of theCanada-ASEAN Business Forumand Economic Officials’ meeting inToronto last May, which focused onCanadian trade opportunities in

Southeast Asia. Yuen Pau Woo,was a plenary speaker at the conference, presenting the resultsof a Foundation research project on “Canada-ASEAN EconomicRelations: Assessment andProspects.”

> Gateway Southeast Asia

APF Canada partnered with theSoutheast Asia Business Council to

organize a three-day event inVancouver focusing on opportunitiesfor Canadian companies inSoutheast Asian markets.

> Hong Kong-Canada Business Forum

The Asia Pacific Foundation partnered with the Hong KongCanada Business Association in theorganization of the first annualCanada-Hong Kong BusinessForum, an Ottawa event thatattracted over 300 participants, primarily from the private sector.Central to the Forum was a presentation on the results of aFoundation survey on Canadianbusiness perceptions of Hong Kongand mainland China, conducted inassociation with the Hong KongTrade Development Council.

Smaller APBN events included theChina-WTO Workshop; a joint lunch-eon meeting with the Pacific Councilon International Policy on China; abriefing with Joseph Caron, Canada’sAmbassador to China; the launch ofthe Pacific Economic Outlook; and abriefing on ASEAN’s Involvement inRegional Trade Negotiations.

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REVIEW OF TECHNICALASSISTANCE AND CAPACITY

BUILDING INITIATIVES FOR TRADEFACILITATION PROJECT

The Foundation was contracted bythe Organisation for EconomicCooperation and Development(OECD) to prepare a review of tradefacilitation programmes undertakenby bilateral and multilateral donoragencies. The analysis is the first of its kind to define the lessonslearned from past trade facilitationprogrammes undertaken by donorcountries and will help to developgreater Canadian expertise in tradefacilitation with Asia – an increasinglyimportant area of multilateral tradenegotiations.

Dickson Hall, Dickson Hall & Associates, Wei Shao, Blake Cassels &

Graydon, and Mark Sachs, Thomas Cooper & Stibbard, spoke at an

APBN workshop on China's accession to the WTO.

BUSINESS NETWORKS

APEC BUSINESS ADVISORY

COUNCIL (ABAC) – CANADIAN

SECRETARIAT

Since 1998, APF Canada has providedstrategic and outreach support to theCanadian members of the APECBusiness Advisory Council. ABAC is apermanent, high-level advisory groupthat counsels APEC Leaders andMinisters on priority issues for business in the Pacific Rim. TheCouncil is comprised of three seniorbusiness executives from each ofAPEC’s 21 member economies,appointed by their respective headsof government. The Foundationserves as the secretariat for Canada’sABAC members, providing research,analysis, and strategic support. Thework of Canada’s appointed ABACmembers helps to establish a greaterCanadian influence in Asia Pacificbusiness networks.

Canadian ABAC members Mrs. Andrina Lever (President, LeverEnterprises) and Mr. Gordon Chu(Senior Policy Advisor, VancouverInternational Airport Authority)assumed leadership roles within theAPEC Business Advisory Councilthroughout 2005. At ABAC’s fourmeetings in 2005, in Mexico City,

Mexico, Beijing, China, KualaLumpur, Malaysia and Busan, SouthKorea, Mrs. Lever chaired theCapacity Building Working Group,addressing such issues as SMEdevelopment and emergency preparedness, while Mr. Chu chairedthe Trade and InvestmentLiberalization and FacilitationWorking Group that focused on suchissues as customs procedures, standards and conformance, businessmobility and trade security. ABACmembers presented their final reportto APEC Economic Leaders – includingPrime Minister Paul Martin – inNovember 2005 in Busan, SouthKorea. At the end of 2005, Mr. H. Trung Nguyen, Senior VicePresident, Caisse Centrale Desjardins,was appointed as Canada’s thirdABAC member.

PACIFIC BASIN ECONOMIC

COUNCIL (PBEC)

Founded in 1967, the Pacific BasinEconomic Council is the oldest independent business association inthe Asia-Pacific, with membershipcomprising executives from 20economies bordering the Pacific Rim and beyond. Serving as the independent voice of business in the

Pacific, PBEC provides a meetingplace for the diversity of industries,services and professions that havemade the Pacific Basin the world’sgrowth leader.

A delegation of seven seniorCanadian business leaders joined Dr. John Wiebe, Chairman of theCanadian Committee for PBEC, at theorganization’s 38th InternationalGeneral Meeting at the Hong KongConvention & Exhibition Centre inJune 2005. This business conferenceoffered high-level networking opportunities for participatingCanadian firms, helping to meet theFoundation’s expected output ofincreasing Canada-Asia businessactivity.

As of September 2005, PBEC hasmoved to a direct membership

model, eliminating its structure ofmember committees. Membership inPBEC is no longer included as part ofthe package of benefits offered toAPBN members. Canadian corporations interested in joiningPBEC now pay their fees directly toPBEC International, based in HongKong. The Foundation will continueto provide strategic advice to PBECInternational with a view to strengthening Canadian participationin this Asia Pacific business network.

PACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION

COUNCIL (PECC) – CANADIAN

COMMITTEE

PECC is a unique partnership of academic, business and governmentrepresentatives from 25 Pacific Rimeconomies who work on governmentand business policy issues toincrease trade, investment and economic development in the region.Established in 1980, PECC is a non-governmental organization with anindependent agenda but with directlinks to the governments of theregion, including official observer status in APEC. PECC’s work programis currently focused in three priorityareas: regional trade policy, financialmarket development, and development of regional capacity.Canada participates in PECC throughthe Canadian Committee for PacificEconomic Cooperation (CANCPEC),

which is administered by theFoundation and chaired by Yuen Pau Woo.

In June, the Foundation organizedthe international launch of PECC’sPacific Economic Outlook 2005-2006with over 40 representatives from the business community and themedia. Mr. Woo is the InternationalCoordinator of the PEO ForecastingPanel.

Mr. Woo led a delegation of tenCanadians from business, governmentand academia to PECC’s 16th GeneralMeeting in Seoul, South Korea inSeptember. The delegation included:Dominic Barton (McKinsey &Company), Dr. Wendy Dobson(University of Toronto), Huu TrungNguyen (Caisse centrale Desjardins),Dr. Lorna Wright (York University),Chungyoll Yoo (Quebec RepresentativeOffice in Seoul), Kenny Zhang (AsiaPacific Foundation of Canada) andPaul Irwin, Director of the Asia PacificBusiness Network and the CanadianPECC Secretariat. Canadian government representatives includedAlan Bowman (Foreign AffairsCanada), who serves as Chair of theAPEC Committee on Trade andInvestment, and Marius Grinius,Canada’s Ambassador to SouthKorea. Mr. Woo moderated a numberof sessions during the conference,including a presentation on the

Pacific Economic Outlook report anda session featuring the Korean TradeMinister. Dr. Wendy Dobson chaired asession on the trans-Pacific structuralimbalance and Dominic Barton was apresenter in a plenary session oninfrastructure financing.

ASIA PACIFIC GATEWAY INITIATIVE

During the reporting period, theFoundation launched a major initiativefocused on exploring the concept of aNational Pacific Gateway Strategyand its implications for policy-makers,as well as business, academic, culturaland civil society communities acrossthis country. The Foundation held atwo-day Gateway Convening inVancouver on November 25-26, 2005,involving 45 representatives fromgovernment, transport, commerce,labour and the arts to discuss theAsia Pacific Gateway in its broadestconcept. The convening – the first ina series of such events planned inmajor centres across Canada – servedto enhance the understanding ofCanadian business, scholars and citizens about the importance of theAsia Pacific region to Canada’s futuregrowth and prosperity. Furtherresearch on various aspects of theAsia Pacific Gateway – including education and training needs, labourissues, trans-national migration, andthe role of cultural industries – isplanned in the coming year.

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Lewis Lukens, Consul General of the United States of

America, Vancouver, paid a courtesy call on the Foundation

to discuss Canada-US issues.

(L-R) Paul Evans met with British High Commissioner

David Reddaway to discuss the Pacific Gateway and closer

connections between the Foundation and UK research institutes.

BUSINESS NETWORKS

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ASIA PACIFIC RESEARCH GRANTS PROGRAM

In January 2006, the Foundation launched the Grants Program, designed to

support policy research and informed discussion on Canada’s relations with

Asia. All grants were awarded on a competitive basis. To launch the program,

announcements about the new Grants Program were sent to academics,

researchers and organizations both nationally and internationally, and information

sessions were organized at 13 universities.

There are four separate categories of grants. The Canada in Asia publication

series grants are designed to generate papers on policy issues related to

Canada-Asia relations. The Policy Research Grants fund significant research on

themes selected by the Foundation that are of particular importance in the

Canada-Asia relationship, as well as curiosity-driven research projects with a

Canada-Asia public policy focus. Some grants support workshops and conferences

on Canada-Asia relations, while others offer Canadian media the opportunity to

learn about Asia first-hand. Over the long term, the Asia Pacific Research Grants

Program will expand the range of Canadian specialists on Canada-Asia relations,

particularly those with a public policy focus, and generate greater interest in

Asia and Canada-Asia policy issues amongst students and scholars. Two-

hundred Grant Program applications were received from 74 institutions and

organizations including 40 for conferences, 106 for research grants and 21 for

post-graduate fellowships.

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CANADA IN ASIA PUBLICATION SERIES

Donald Brean, University of Toronto, The Reform of China’s Banking System: What it Means for the World

Sonny Lo, University of Waterloo, Infectious Diseases in Asia and Policy Implications for Canada

Barry Wellman and Wenhong Chan, University of Toronto, Riding the Transnational Tide

POLICY RESEARCH GRANTS

James H. Tiessen, McMaster University, and Charles McMillan, York University, HealthcareManagement: Learning from International Differences

Douglas MacLeod, Canadian Design Research Network, Design as an Instrument of Public Policy inCanada-Asia Relations

Ram Jakhu, McGill University, India-Canada Space Cooperation and Business Relations

Garland Chow, UBC, Developing Asia-Canada Supply Chains: Implications for Canadian Manufacturing Competition

David Gillen, UBC, A Study of Singapore as a Logistics Hub and Implications for the Pacific Gateway

Ron Drews, Orbital Media Group, Trends in Canada-China Cultural Industries Trade and its Significanceto the Pacific Gateway

David Zweig, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, The Role of Returned and UnreturnedMainlanders in Sino-Canadian Exchange

Hans Schuetze, UBC, Canadian Secondary Schools in China

CONFERENCES

Joe Dobson, Japan Studies Association of Canada, JSAC 2006 Conference, Kamloops

Wenran Jiang and Shaun Narine, Canadian Consortium on Asia Pacific Security, CANCAPS 14thAnnual Conference, Toronto

David Edgington, UBC, Japanese Approaches to Local Development, Clusters, Industry-UniversityLinkages and Implications for British Columbia, Vancouver

Wade Huntley and Karthika Sasikumar, UBC, Canadian Policy on Nuclear Cooperation with India:Confronting New Dilemmas, Vancouver

Peter Li, University of Saskatchewan, Knowledge Transfer and Policy Development: China and Canada, Regina

Joe Kess, University of Victoria, Canada and Japan-China Relations Conference for 2007, Victoria

POST-GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS

Cheryl Chan, M.Sc. in International Relations from the Institute of Defense and Strategic Studies,Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (Canadian citizen)

David Chan, M.Sc. in International Management for China, The School of Oriental and African Studies,University of London (Canadian citizen)

Abhishek Kaicker, M.A. in Indian History, UBC, Vancouver

RECIPIENTS OF THE ASIA PACIFIC RESEARCH GRANTS

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Jason Kirby, National Post, “The Rise of the Auto Industry in China and India.”

Andrea Mandel-Campbell, Maclean’s magazine, “Transnational Migrants and their Impact on Homeand Host Societies.”

Astrid Morchoine, Les Affaires, “The Demand for Canadian Natural Resources in Asia, and the LikelyImpact on Our Ties with the US.”

Elizabeth Noh, CBC National Radio, “Looking for Canadian Arts and Culture in Japan.”

MEDIA FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS

MEDIA FELLOWSHIP AWARDSA component of the Asia Pacific Research Grants Program, the Media

Fellowship Awards – each valued at up to $10,000 – were established during the

year in order to offer established Canadian journalists, in any media channel,

the opportunity to spend time in Asia researching and preparing articles or

programs in specified areas. The Awards aim to help Canadian journalists

become better informed and thus be better able to write accurately and

insightfully about Asia and the Canada-Asia relationship.

In establishing these Fellowships, the Foundation identified four thematic areas

of Canada-Asia research: economic relations; development cooperation; people-

to-people; and political/security. Each year, under these broad thematic headings,

the Foundation will identify topics of particular importance in the Canada-Asia

relationship.

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Jason Kirby, National Post,

won a Media Fellowship

to write about “The Rise

of the Auto Industry in

China and India.”

Andrea Mandel-Campbell won a

Media Fellowship to write for

Maclean’s magazine on

“Transnational Migrants and their

Impact on Home and Host

Societies.”

Astrid Morchoine won a Media

Fellowship to write for Les

Affaires on “The Demand for

Canadian Natural Resources in

Asia, and the Likely Impact on Our

Ties with the US.”

Elizabeth Noh, CBC National

Radio, won a Media Fellowship

to produce programs about

“Looking for Canadian Arts

and Culture in Japan.”

ASIAN ECONOMIES SPEAKER SERIESDuring the fiscal year, the Foundation partnered with Simon Fraser University’s

Economics Department to launch the Asian Economies Speaker Series, a series

of high-profile public lectures that bring some of the world’s most distinguished

thinkers to Vancouver to share their insights on major developments in Asia that

will have an impact on the lives of all Canadians. Sponsored in part by The

Vancouver Sun and Teck Cominco, this new series will eventually lead to the

creation of an endowed Chair in Asian Economics, established jointly at Simon

Fraser University and the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.

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(L-R) Dr. Masahiro Kawai, Special Advisor

to the President of the Asian Development

Bank, spoke on, “Asian Economic

Integration: Progress, Challenges and

Opportunities,” at the inauguration of the

Asian Economies Speaker Series, co-hosted

with SFU. The Honourable Colin Hansen,

BC Minister of Economic Development

and Minister Responsible for the Asia

Pacific Initiative and the Olympics, gave

the welcoming remarks. Yuen Pau Woo

moderated the well attended event.

Dr. Mari Pangestu, Minister

of Trade for the Republic

of Indonesia, spoke on

“FTAs in the Asia Pacific

Region: Opportunities

and Challenges,” at the

Asian Economies Speaker

Series on March, and

participated in a briefing

for the Foundation’s

APBN members.

Dr. Robert McKinnon,

Professor of International

Economics, Stanford

University, spoke at

the Asian Economies

Speaker Series in

November on

“Exchange Rates Under

the East Asian Dollar

Standard: China’s

Dilemma.”

Dr. Wing Thye Woo,

Professor of Economics,

University of

California-Davis, spoke

on “The Global

Adjustment to China’s

Return to a Crowded

World Stage,” at the

Asian Economies

Speaker Series

in March.

Inaugurating the series in Octoberwas Masahiro Kawai, Special Advisorto the President of the AsianDevelopment Bank, who spoke on“Asian Economic Integration:Progress, Challenges andOpportunities.” Dr. Kawai formerlyserved as Chief Economist of theWorld Bank’s East Asia and PacificRegion, Deputy Vice Minister forInternational Affairs in Japan’sMinistry of Finance, and as a professor

of economics at leading universitiesin Japan, the United States andCanada. The Hon. Colin Hansen, BCMinister of Economic Developmentand Minister responsible for the Asia-Pacific Initiative & the Olympicsdelivered the welcoming remarks atthe well-attended inauguration.

Next in the series were Dr. RonaldMcKinnon, Professor of InternationalEconomics, Stanford University,

speaking on “Exchange Rates Underthe East Asian Dollar Standard:China’s Dilemma;” Dr. Wing Thye WooProfessor of Economics, University ofCalifornia-Davis, on “The GlobalAdjustment to China’s Return to aCrowded World Stage;” and Dr. MariPangestu, Minister of Trade, Republicof Indonesia, on “FTAs in the AsiaPacific Region: Opportunities andChallenges.”

COMMUNICATIONSThe media continued to draw on the Foundation in increasing numbers during

the year and media monitoring registered 437 articles and/or programs in which

the Foundation was mentioned or its staff quoted. This represents an increase of

28% over the 340 items monitored in the last fiscal year. Of these news items,

357 were published in print or online and 80 were broadcast on radio and

television. International media, which included The Economist and The Financial

Times, accounted for 106 of the news items, national and regional media for 260

news items, and ethnic media for the balance of 71 news items. Twenty-eight

news releases and media advisories were issued in both French and English

during the year. As media reaches all sectors and publics, it helps to enhance

greater knowledge of Asia and Canada-Asia relations among Canadians.

In total, six opinion-editorials weresubmitted by APF Canada during thereporting period: The Globe and Mailpublished “A Strategic Partnershipwith China: What’s in a Name,” written by Dr. Paul Evans, looking atthe implications of the visit to Canadaof Chinese President Hu Jintao. Threeopinion-editorials written by then-APFCanada Chairman Thomas S.Axworthy were published by TheToronto Star: “Canada Should Pavethe Way for India to Join G-8Group?”, “Economic DoomsdayLooms for China’s Rulers;” and“China Engage But Don’t Kowtow.”

Yuen Pau Woo and Senior ResearchAnalyst Kenny Zhang produced anopinion-editorial entitled “Stow theAmbivalence or Alarm: A GrowingMaple Leaf Diaspora can BenefitCanada,” published by The Globeand Mail. In addition, CharlesMcMillan wrote an opinion-editorialtitled “Atlantic Canada Must Developan Asia Strategy” published in TheChronicle-Herald.

Many of the Foundation’s productsgenerate interest in the media. In thisperiod, 244 (56%) of the 437 mediaarticles/programs citing APF Canada

were based on the Foundation’s ownpublications, surveys, events andnews releases, helping to make theseinformation and analytical productswidely available to the general publicthrough the media.

During the summer months, theFoundation was again a sponsor ofthe explorASIAN Festival producedannually for the past 10 years by theVancouver Asian Heritage Society.This event celebrates Asian culturesthrough art forms such as dance, filmand music and has become a standardoffering in the Vancouver summer

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MEDIA COVERAGE

(R-L) Yuen Pau Woo participated in a roundtable held by BC Business

Magazine for the cover story “Wins and Wipeouts - BC Companies in

the Formidable Asia-Pacific Market.” Noel Lee,

Director of Admissions, Vancouver Century College.

festival scene. The Foundation supported a film festival featuringCanadian film producers of Koreanbackground.

In return for the Foundation’s partnering in promoting and supporting various Asia Pacificevents during this reporting period,the APF Canada logo and web linkwere displayed on a number of conference websites includingGateway Southeast Asia,International Trade Canada’s Canada-ASEAN Business Forum website andthe Hong Kong Canada BusinessForum website, serving to promotepublic awareness of the Foundation’sproducts and services that are available to a range of stakeholdersacross Canada. An informationbrochure about the Foundation’s

mandate, products and services,Canada’s Window on Asia, was produced in English, French, Chineseand Korean and is available in hardcopy as well as online on theFoundation’s website.

Fifteen visiting journalists and editorsfrom the print media in Shanghaiwere hosted by the Foundation during the course of the two-monthexecutive program they were takingin the Faculty of Business at theUniversity of Victoria. Media representatives included Xin-MinEvening News (circulation 1,000,000),Wenhui Daily (circulation 350,000),Xin-Min Weekly (circulation 200,000)and Shanghai Daily (English language,circulation 50,000).

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Yvonne Chua – training director of the Philippine Center for

Investigative Journalism and 2005 winner of the McLuhan Fellowship

awarded by the Canadian Embassy in Manila – briefed Foundation

staff about her award-winning investigative reporting.

COMMUNICATIONS TOP 10 FOUNDATION PRODUCTS TOGENERATE MEDIA COVERAGE

1 China Goes Global

2 Asia Pacific Bulletin series

3 2005 Asian Investment IntentionsSurvey

4 Canada Missing Opportunity inthe Booming Education Market

5 Canada-Asia News

6 The East Asian AutomobileIndustry: Opportunity or Threat?

7 Recognising the CanadianDiaspora

8 Canadian Business Perceptionsof Hong Kong

9 China Insight

10 Asian Economies Speaker Series

TOP 10 MEDIA REQUESTS FOR COMMENT

1 Visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao to Canada

2 China’s energy needs

3 Impact of East Asian automobile industry on Canada’sauto industry

4 China’s outward direct investment intentions

5 Recognition of Chinese professional credentials in Canada

6 Immigration issues with China

7 Approved Destination Status for Canada

8 Asia Pacific Gateway

9 Canadian investment intentions in Asia

10 Pacific Economic OutlookReport

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BC HIGH SCHOOL POSTER CONTEST

In January, APF Canada launched a poster contest seeking talented youth in

BC’s high schools (grades 8-12) to translate artistic visions of BC as Canada’s

Asia Pacific Gateway into posters. Over 350 entries were submitted from

throughout the province and winners – including the school that submitted the

most entries – received substantial financial prizes. Encouraging youth to think

about the cross-cultural connections between East and West is part of the

Foundation’s mandate to help foster a greater awareness of Asia and Canada-

Asia relations among Canadians. The future of Canada’s relationship with Asia

depends on successive generations of bridge-builders who cross the Pacific

divide and embrace cross-cultural exchanges. The posters were judged by

Hank Bull, Executive Director, Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary

Asian Art, Michael Henderson, Regional Director General, Transport Canada and

Paul Evans, who were impressed by the artistic ability and creativity so evident

in the material submitted by the students.

Winners and finalists, together with proud parents and art teachers, bussed in to

the Foundation’s headquarters to participate in the Awards Ceremony, view the

temporary “gallery” of work produced by fellow student artists from all over BC,

and enjoy a celebration of talent. Speakers at the awards ceremony included

Ardath Paxton-Mann, Assistant Deputy Minister for Western Economic

Diversification, Arthur Hara, Chairman of the BC Asia Pacific Trade Council and

Hank Bull. From a wealth of imaginative and colourful entries, three posters

were judged to have best captured the essence of a trans-Pacific gateway.

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A gallery of art work submitted by students in the BC High School Poster Contest.

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WINNERS

First Prize: Jessica Pang – Gr. 11, HJ Cambie Secondary School

Second Prize: Heera Kim – Gr. 10, Sullivan Heights Secondary School

Third Prize: Wendan Li – Gr. 10, Walnut Grove Secondary School

HONOURABLE MENTION

Pavendeep Gill – Gr. 10, Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School

Allison Kobertstein – Gr. 10, Hugh Roberts Secondary School

Allison McGillivray – Gr. 12, St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary School

WINNERS OF THE BC HIGH SCHOOL POSTER CONTEST

Jessica Pang, Grade 11, H.J. Cambie

Secondary School in Richmond, pictured

next to her poster that won First Prize in

the BC High School Poster Contest. Said

Jessica of her artwork, “My poster displays

the connection between Asia and BC –

through a bridge. The balloons are a form of

celebrating this joyous connection.” Noted

judging panelist Hank Bull, Executive

Director of the Vancouver International

Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, “This

artist understands the bigger picture of the

Gateway that goes beyond trade; it’s about

people living together.”

Heera Kim, Grade 10, Sullivan Heights

Secondary School in Surrey, pictured next

to her poster that won Second Prize in the

BC High School Poster Contest. Said Heera,

“As a student of Korean decent, I have

bi-cultural status. As such, my design

metaphor for a gateway is a ‘jacket’ that

has BC in the foreground and Asia in the

upper area – sort of BC on the outside and

Asia on the inside.” Noted Hank Bull,

“This image is a joyful celebration which

recognizes the important role of the

aboriginal in Asia Pacific relations.”

Wendan Li, Grade 10, Walnut Grove

Secondary School in Langley, pictured next

to her poster that won Third Prize in the BC

High School Poster Contest. Said Wendan

of her artwork, “An exchange of culture, a

connection of heart. We are no longer an

ocean apart.” Noted Hank Bull, “This is a

trans-pacific love story, and it’s very happy.”

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

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These financial statements are derived from the audited financial statements of the Asia Pacific Foundation of

Canada as at March 31, 2006 and for the year then ended. Full audited financial statements are available at the

Foundation. The Foundation is funded principally through an endowment from the Government of Canada and a

grant from the Province of British Columbia.

STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS For the year ended March 31 2006 2005

REVENUES

Federal Government 1,684,627Other Government Funding 3,995,334 574,385Net income from restricted endowment funds 509,730Sponsored Events 168,749 388,731Private Sector 5,140 90,612Interest and other 368,624 227,469

5,047,577 2,965,824

EXPENDITURES

Employment compensation 1,387,376 1,512,532Severances 56,485 338,542Consultants and professionals 151,658 88,693Travel 201,600 175,995Conference and events 29,545 106,290Publications/websites 52,292 75,840Secretariat fees 44,457 62,306Other operating expenses 100,147 143,175Office/lease maintenance 304,716 288,265Administration and information systems 264,269 147,725

2,592,545 2,939,363

$ 2,455,032 $ 26,461

BALANCE SHEET As of March 31 2006 2005

ASSETS

Cash and short-term investments $ 3,503,326 $ 5,209,617Accounts receivable 152,535 543,546 Prepaid and other 57,572 26,551Capital assets 376,942 17,369Restricted endowment funds 50,208,100

$ 54,298,475 $ 5,797,083

LIABILITIES

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 320,765 525,575Capital lease obligation 40,331 11,425Deferred Lease inducements 212,962Deferred Program revenues 490,698 Provincial Program Grant 3,500,000

$ 574,058 $ 4,527,698

NET ASSETS

Invested in Capital Assets 336,611 5,008Restricted endowment funds 50,000,000Unrestricted 3,387,806 1,264,377

53,724,417 1,269,385

$ 54,298,475 $ 5,797,083

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Events include the numerous roundtables, conferences, briefings, forums, work-

shops and seminars that the Foundation organizes, participates in, or collaborates

on with various partners. They are a vital part of the Foundation’s outreach to its

stakeholders and serve to support such outcomes as forming strong networks

and relationships, promoting greater Canadian influence in Asia Pacific policy

research and business networks, and demonstrating that Canada is a source of

ideas and initiatives on Asia Pacific cooperation. Events serve to enhanced

Canada-Asia business activity and increased cooperation between the

Foundation and Asia Pacific business research networks in Canada and the Asia

Pacific region.

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In the BC High School Poster Contest, an Honorable

Mention was awarded to Allison Koberstein, Grade 10, Age

15, Hugh McRoberts Secondary School, Richmond, who

said, “My poster uses a very iconic, stylistic approach to

show that Asia and BC are connected in more ways than

one, and that we both benefit from each other's products

and ideas. I incorporated lots of detail to encourage

passers-by to look longer."

An Honorable Mention was awarded to Pavandeep Gill,

Grade 10, Age 15, Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School,

Vancouver, who said, “My poster illustrates how BC will not

only be Canada’s gateway to Asia, but will eventually be

North America's. It shows how traditions, ideas and

cultures from Asia and the Pacific will blend together to

become one.”

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> April 6, 2005 – Vancouver, BC

Asian Business Development

Seminar

A presentation on “CanadianBusiness in Greater China –Medical and Life Science” wasgiven by Senior Research AnalystKenny Zhang at an Asian BusinessDevelopment Seminar organized bythe BC Innovation Council in preparation for the “2005Lifescience Mission” to Asia.

> April 9, 2005 – Vancouver, BC

Chinese Credential Crisis Forum

A presentation on “A ChineseCredential Crisis in Canada?” wasgiven by Kenny Zhang at a round-table jointly organized by Researchon Immigration and Integration inthe Metropolis (RIIM) and theWorld Journal newspaper. TheHon. Hedy Fry, ParliamentarySecretary to the Minister ofCitizenship and Immigration andMP Raymond Chan, Minister ofState (Multiculturalism) also made presentations to the group of40 people.

> April 12-13, 2005 – New Delhi, India

Third Canada-India Policy Dialogue

The Asia Pacific Foundation ofCanada and the Centre for PolicyResearch, New Delhi, co-sponsoredthis event held at the Centre forPolicy Research. The objective ofthe Third Canada-India Dialoguewas to explore synergies ofCanadian and Indian engagementin multilateral institutions.Continuing the tradition of engagingon a “Track II” level, this ThirdDialogue brought together academics, business people andpolicy-makers from both nations to exchange ideas on Canadian and

Indian global integration in the 21st century.

> April 18-26, 2005 – Tokyo, Japan

Canada-Japan Forum

Dr. Carin Holroyd, Manager ofAcademic Relations and SeniorResearch Analyst, made a presentation to Canadian Embassystaff about the Foundation’sCommentary entitled “The Cost ofFalling Behind: Canada’sRelationship with Japan.”

> April 21, 2005 – Vancouver, BC

Delegation from Beijing Municipal

Government

The Foundation hosted an 18-member delegation from theBeijing Municipal Government on amission to explore opportunitiesfor cooperation with Canada inpreparation for the 2008 Olympicsin Beijing.

> April 27-29, 2005 – Vancouver, BC

Gateway Southeast Asia

The Asia Pacific Foundation partnered with the Southeast Asia Business Council to promote athree-day event focusing on opportunities for Canadian companies in Southeast Asian markets.

> April 29, 2005 – Vancouver, BC

China - WTO Workshop

The Asia Pacific Foundation, inpartnership with the Canada ChinaBusiness Council and DouglasCollege, organized a half-day seminar on how Chinese firmshave adjusted in the four yearssince China joined the WTO. Thesession, featuring keynote speakerDr. XinKui Wang, Professor andPresident, Shanghai Institute ofForeign Trade and CEO, China WTO

Judging panelist Hank Bull, Executive Director of

the Vancouver International Centre for

Contemporary Asian Art, signed awards for the

winners of the BC High School Poster Contest.

Paul Evans met the Prime Minister of India,

Dr. Manmohan Singh, during Dr. Evan's visit to

New Delhi where he gave a speech on "East

Asian and Asia Pacific Regionalism" at the Indian

International Centre.

Robert Wright, Canadian Ambassador to China,

met with the Foundation's Co-CEOs on a visit

to Vancouver.

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Research Foundation, was attendedby over 40 Canadian companiesand academic experts.

> May 2-3, 2005 – Toronto, ON

Canada-ASEAN Business Forum

The Asia Pacific Foundation was a key partner in program development, research content andpromotion of the Canada-ASEANBusiness Forum and EconomicOfficials meeting in Toronto, whichfocused on Canadian trade opportunities in Southeast Asia.Yuen Pau Woo was a plenaryspeaker at the conference, presenting the results of aFoundation research project onCanada-ASEAN EconomicRelations: Assessment andProspects.

> May 3, 2005 – Vancouver, BC

Joseph Caron, Canada’s

Ambassador to China

A briefing session for APBN members in Vancouver was organized with Joseph Caron whoprovided an update on China’s economic outlook and discussedthe opportunities for Canadiancompanies in this dynamic market.

> May 11, 2005 – Vancouver, BC

Mayor’s Working Group on

Immigration

The Foundation was invited to sitas a member on the VancouverMayor’s “Working Group onImmigration.” The purpose of thecommittee is to recommend keypolicy and program directions onimmigration and refugee issues tothe Mayor’s office and City Council.

> May 27, 2005 – Toronto, ON

International Trade Canada-JETRO

Investment Conference

Dr. Holroyd, Manager of ResearchGrants and Senior ResearchAnalyst, was keynote speaker atthis conference entitled “Japan,Your Stepping Stone to Asia,”attended by over 180 business andgovernment representatives. Thepresentation was subsequentlyincluded in the Japan SocietyQuarterly.

> May 27, 2005 – Vancouver, BC

PCIP Luncheon with John Pomfret

The Foundation partnered with the US-based Pacific Council onInternational Policy in organizing a luncheon briefing with John Pomfret, the immediate pastBeijing Bureau Chief for theWashington Post. Twenty seniorbusiness, government and academic experts on China attended the briefing, chaired bySenator Jack Austin.

> May 30, 2005 – Ottawa, ON

Hong Kong-Canada Business

Forum

The Asia Pacific Foundation partnered with the Hong KongCanada Business Association in thepromotion and delivery of the FirstAnnual “Canada-Hong KongBusiness Forum” at the OttawaCongress Centre. APBN DirectorPaul Irwin was a plenary speaker atthe conference, presenting theresults of a Foundation survey onCanadian business perceptions ofHong Kong and mainland China,conducted in association with the

(L-R) Yuen Pau Woo chatted with

Dr. Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director of the Earth

Institute at Columbia University, who spoke

on “Ending Global Poverty: Are We Meeting

the UN Millennium Goals?” at an event

co-sponsored by the Foundation and SFU.

Soren Harbel, Assistant Deputy Minister, BC

Ministry of Economic Development, met with

Foundation staff in October to discuss the Asia

Pacific Initiative.

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Hong Kong Trade DevelopmentCouncil. The event attracted over300 participants, mostly from the private sector.

> June 9-11, 2005 – Guangzhou, PRC

Fifth Canada-China Roundtable on

Immigration and Human Resources

The annual roundtable organizedjointly by APF Canada, Research onImmigration and Integration in theMetropolis (RIIM) at Simon FraserUniversity, and Renmin and JinanUniversity of China, explored thetheme of transnational peopleflows between Canada and China.Participants at the roundtableincluded scholars, policy-makers,business people and graduate students from Canada, China andHong Kong SAR.

> June 15, 2005 – Vancouver, BC

Launch of the Pacific Economic

Outlook

The Asia Pacific Foundation organized an APBN and mediaevent for the international launch ofPECC’s Pacific Economic Outlook2005-2006. Yuen Pau Woo, theInternational Coordinator of thePEO Forecasting Panel, outlinedgrowth prospects for the AsiaPacific region as well as key risks tothe forecast.

> June 17, 2005 – Vancouver, BC

Presentation to the Western

Economic Officials meeting

Yuen Pau Woo gave a presentationto economic officials from the west-ern Canadian provinces and territo-ries, explaining the Foundation’sinvolvement in BC’s Asia PacificInitiative and introducing theFoundation’s information andresearch products to Canadianbusiness and policy-makers.

> June 22-23, 2005 – Tokyo, Japan

APEC Economic Outlook

Symposium

Senior Economist Nizar Assaniepresented the results of a projectundertaken for ABAC entitled“Technology for Security and itsImpact on Trans-Pacific SupplyChains.”

> August 1-3, 2005 – Kuala Lumpur,

Malaysia

ABAC Third Meeting of 2005

Nizar Assanie presented the resultsof the Foundation’s research on“Technology for Security and itsImpact on Trans-Pacific SupplyChains.”

> September 5-7, 2005 – Seoul, Korea

PECC 16th General Meeting

Canadian PECC (CANCPEC) ChairYuen Pau Woo led a delegation often Canadians, including business,academic and government representatives, to the 16th GeneralMeeting of the Pacific EconomicCooperation Council. Under thetheme “Towards a PacificCommunity: Renewing theCommitment,” the two-day eventtouched on a wide range of topicalissues affecting trade, finance andcommunity building in the region,including trans-Pacific currencyimbalances, proliferating preferentialtrade arrangements, and disastermanagement.

> September 6, 2005 – Vancouver, BC

Paul Evans made a presentation toa roundtable organized by theMinister of Foreign Affairs, PierrePettigrew, on the Government ofCanada’s International PolicyStatement.

Sung-Joon Yim, Ambassador of Republic of

Korea to Canada, visited APF Canada to discuss

bilateral issues.

Joseph Caron, Canada’s Ambassador to China,

updated APBN members on China's economic

outlook at a Vancouver briefing in May.

(L-R) Shyamala B. Cowsik, High Commissioner of

India, and George Joseph, Consul General of

India in BC, paid a courtesy call on the

Foundation to discuss Canada-India relations.

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> September 20, 2005 –

Vancouver, BC

Presentation by Dr. Deunden

Nikomborirak, TDRI

The Foundation organized a presentation for APBN members byDr. Deunden Nikomborirak,Research Director, EconomicGovernance, Thailand DevelopmentResearch Institute (TDRI), onASEAN and FTAs: Strategies andImplications. The presentation contributed to a better understanding of the “spaghettibowl” of trade negotiations currently underway in ASEAN andthe implications for the region.

> September 22, 2005 – Geneva,

Switzerland

Meeting of the Global Facilitation

Partnership on Trade and

Transportation

Nizar Assanie presented the resultsof a review of trade facilitation programs undertaken by bilateraland multilateral donor agencies tothe Global Facilitation Partnershipfor Transportation and Trade.

> September 22, 2005 – Victoria, BC

Council of Presidents Seminar

Paul Evans gave the opening presentation at the Council ofPresidents Seminar on China,organized by the BC Ministry ofHigher Education.

> September 27, 2005 –

Vancouver, BC

Agriculture and China: Implications

for Canadian Exporters

Kenny Zhang was a keynote speakerat a seminar organized byAgriculture and Agri-Food Canada,and the Canada China BusinessCouncil for 60 members of thebusiness community.

> September 27, 2005 – Vancouver, BC

Trade Team BC Regional Network

Meeting

Paul Irwin made a presentation at aregional trade network meeting,involving BC agencies involved intrade promotion. The meeting provided an opportunity to raiseawareness of the Foundation’sproducts, services and events andto discuss opportunities for cooperation amongst the variousfederal, provincial agencies andother business associations.

> September 28, 2005 – Vancouver, BC

Meeting with Delegation from

Shanghai Committee of CPPCC

Kenny Zhang hosted a delegationfrom the Shanghai Committee ofChinese People’s PoliticalConsultative Conference. The meeting provided opportunities toexchange views with this Chinesegovernment advisory body on economic development, the busi-ness environment, and policyresearch in Canada and China.

> September 29, 2005 – October 2,

2005 – Edmonton, AB

Japan Studies Association of

Canada and the East Asian Council

of the Canadian Asian Studies

Association

Yuen Pau Woo attended this conference – themed “Connectionsand Identities in East Asia andBeyond” – to deliver a presentationabout the Foundation and its role inthe development of policy research.Dr. Holroyd also attended, chairinga session on Food Culture and theFood Industry in Japan and presenting a paper on “Trade andInvestment in Asia.”

Dr. Jusuf Wanandi, Chairman of the Supervisory

Board, Centre for Strategic and International

Studies, Jakarta, spoke to the business and

academic communities about developments in

Indonesia at a briefing organized by the

Foundation.

Dr. XinKui Wang, Professor and President,

Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade, and CEO of

China WTO Research Foundation, spoke at an

APBN workshop on China's accession to the

WTO.

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> October 3, 2005 – Vancouver, BC

Meeting with Delegation from

Shanghai Academy of Social

Sciences

Yuen Pau Woo and Kenny Zhanghosted a delegation from ShanghaiAcademy of Social Sciences, led byPresident Ronghua Wang. A numberof joint proposals were raised,including: a conference on APECrelated issues; Track II dialogue onAsia Pacific regional security andcooperation; comparison ofVancouver and Shanghai; exchangeof young scholars; continued collaboration on immigration andhuman resources; and research on tourism.

> October 4, 2005 – Vancouver, BC

Discussion with the Right

Honourable Joe Clark

The Foundation invited the Rt. HonJoe Clark to share his perspectiveon Asian issues at a meeting withmembers of the business and academic communities.

> October 6, 2005 – Beijing, PRC

Stanley Foundation

Paul Evans moderated a seminaron “Multilateral EconomicEngagement of North Korea”organized by the StanleyFoundation and the ChineseAcademy of Social Sciences inBeijing.

> October 9, 2005 – Vancouver, BC

Jeffrey Sachs Lecture on

Millennium Development Goals

APF Canada was a co-sponsor ofthis event together with SimonFraser University.

> October 12, 2005 – Washington, DC

Congressional Research Service

Paul Evans gave the lead presentations on “Dynamics andImplications of East AsianRegionalism” at a briefing to theCongressional Research Service,and a seminar at the Sigur Centerat George Washington University,organized by the Social ScienceResearch Council (New York).

> October 13, 2005 – Vancouver, BC

Asian Economies Speaker Series

Dr. Masahiro Kawai, SpecialAdvisor to the President of theAsian Development Bank, inaugurated this new series co-organized by the Foundationand Simon Fraser University,speaking on “Asian EconomicIntegration: Progress, Challengesand Opportunities.” The Hon. Colin Hansen, Minister of EconomicDevelopment and Minister responsible for the Asia-PacificInitiative & the Olympics, deliveredthe opening remarks.

> October 20, 2005 – Toronto, ON

Canadian Institute of International

Affairs (CIIA)

Paul Evans spoke on “Global Chinaand Canada’s Response” at a CIIAconference.

> October 21, 2005 – Toronto, ON

Metropolis International

Conference

Yuen Pau Woo participated on apanel discussing transnationalChinese migration.

> October 24, 2005 – Vancouver, BC

Hong Kong Workshop

The Asia Pacific Foundation part-nered with Invest Hong Kong andthe Hong Kong Trade DevelopmentCouncil to organize a workshop.

Lawrence Krause, Professor Emeritus, UCSD,

participated in the PECC “State of the Region”

Forecasting Meeting in Vancouver.

Don Mitchell, Economist, World Bank, participated

in the PECC “State of the Region” Forecasting

Meeting in Vancouver.

Saul Hymans, Professor, University of Michigan,

participated in the PECC “State of the Region”

Forecasting Meeting in Vancouver.

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entitled “Hong Kong: Canada’sBridgehead to China.” The work-shop brought together investmentand trade experts from Hong Kong,as well as Canadian companieswho have been successful in theHong Kong and China markets, toshare their experience with potentialCanadian exporters on the servicesand expertise available in HongKong to access the China market.The workshop took place on theoccasion of the first-everGuangdong-Hong Kong trade delegation to British Columbia.

> October 24, 2005 – Toronto, ON

Canada-India Roundtable

APF Canada hosted a small round-table on the occasion of the visit ofYoginder Alagh, former Minister ofScience and Technology of India.The event was chaired by Thomas S. Axworthy.

> October 27, 2005 – Ottawa, ON

Testimony on Bill C-57

Paul Evans testified before theStanding Committee on ForeignAffairs and International Trade on Bill C-57, “The Taiwan Affairs Act.”

> October 28, 2005 – Ottawa, ON

Canadian Institute of International

Affairs (CIIA) Conference

Paul Evans gave the keynoteaddress, “Responding to GlobalChina: From Engagement toStrategic Partnership,” to open theCIIA conference on “China Rising.”

> October 28, 2005 – Montreal, QC

International Trade Canada-JETRO

Investment Conference

Dr. Carin Holroyd was a keynotespeaker at this conference entitled“Japan, Your Stepping Stone to

Asia,” attended by over 180 business and government representatives.

> November 4-8, 2005 – Beijing, PRC

Premier of Ontario’s Mission to

China

The Foundation provided advice to the Government of Ontario inpreparation for this mission andYuen Pau Woo accompanied thePremier on the Beijing leg of the visit.

> November 10-11, 2005 – Whistler, BC

Whistler Conference on Citizenship

Engagement in the Asia Pacific

The Foundation was a sponsor ofthis event and Yuen Pau Woochaired a session featuring perspectives from elected officials.

> November 14-16, 2005 – Tokyo,

Japan

Canadian Diplomatic Retreat

Yuen Pau Woo gave a speech onthe economic outlook for AsiaPacific and trends in regional production at the annual retreat ofCanadian diplomatic posts in Japan.

> November 14, 2005 – Vancouver, BC

Meeting with Deputy Minister,

Legislative Affairs Commission of

the Standing Committee of the

National People’s Congress, China

Paul Evans hosted a meeting withProfessor Chunying Xin, DeputyMinister, Legislative AffairsCommission of the StandingCommittee of the National People’sCongress of China, to discuss bilateral issues.

> November 15, 2005 – Vancouver, BC

Trade Team BC Regional Network

Meeting

Paul Irwin made a presentation at a

Han Seong-Jin, Consul General of the Republic

of Korea, Vancouver, paid a courtesy call to APF

Canada in February.

Jiang Xiangrui, Director General of Policy

Research Office, National Development and

Reform Commission PRC, led a delegation to

Canada that met with Foundation staff to

exchange views on Canada-China economic

relations.

Gordon Houlden, Director of the Canadian Trade

Office in Taipei, met with Paul Evans to discuss

Canada-Taiwan issues.

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regional trade network meetinginvolving British Columbia agenciesinvolved in trade promotion. Themeeting provided an opportunity toraise awareness of the Foundation’sproducts, services and events andto discuss opportunities for cooperation amongst the variousfederal, provincial agencies andother business associations.

> November 18, 2005 – Halfmoon

Bay, CA USA

Pacific Council on International

Policy (PCIP)

Paul Evans chaired a plenary panelon “Turbulence in Northeast Asia”at the Member’s Retreat of the PCIP.

> November 21, 2005 – Vancouver, BC

Asian Economies Speaker Series

Dr. Ronald McKinnon, Professor ofInternational Economics, StanfordUniversity, spoke on “ExchangeRates under the East Asian DollarStandard: China’s Dilemma,” at thislecture series co-sponsored by theFoundation and SFU.

> November 25-26, 2005 –

Vancouver, BC

Gateway Convening

The Foundation organized a two-day Convening on Asia PacificGateway issues involving representatives from government,politics, transport, commerce,financial services, academia, organized labour and the arts. TheConvening was successful inadvancing dialogue on gatewayissues beyond the traditional concept of transportation hubs, andlaid the groundwork for the identification of further research,consultation and communicationinitiatives that will assist in the

development of a National PacificGateway Strategy.

> November 28, 2005 – Vancouver, BC

Canada-Taiwan Roundtable

The Foundation hosted a smallroundtable on Canada-Taiwan relations on the occasion of thevisit of Gordon Houlden, ExecutiveDirector of the Canadian TradeOffice in Taipei.

> December 2, 2005 – Vancouver, BC

Meeting with Shanghai

Media Group

Kenny Zhang hosted a group ofseven journalists from major mediaoutlets in Shanghai.

> December 3-4, 2005 – Ottawa, ON

CANCAPS Annual Meeting

Yuen Pau Woo delivered a speechassessing the Government ofCanada’s International PolicyStatement.

> December 6, 2005 – Jakarta,

Indonesia

CSCAP Annual Conference

Paul Evans chaired a panel on“Weapons of Mass Destruction” atthe General Conference of theCouncil for Security Cooperation inthe Asia Pacific.

> December 8-10, 2005 – Jakarta and

Bandah Aceh, Indonesia

Canada-Indonesia Bilateral

Dialogue

Paul Evans was a panelist at thetwo-part meeting and participatedin the Canadian delegation assess-ing post-Tsunami reconstructionand peace-building in Aceh.

Professor Ronghua Wang, President, Shanghai

Academy of Social Sciences, led a delegation

that met with Yuen Pau Woo to discuss joint

research projects.

Magdalene Teo, Brunei High Commissioner,

paid a courtesy call to the Foundation in

March.

Wayne Clifford, Assistant Deputy Minister,

Ministry of International and

Intergovernmental Relations, Alberta, met

with Foundation Co-CEOs in February.

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> December 8, 2005 – Vancouver, BC

Meeting with China’s National

Development and Reform

Commission

Kenny Zhang hosted 13 officialsand policy analysts from China’sNational Development and ReformCommission to exchange views onCanada-China economic relations.Xiangrui Jiang, Director General ofthe Policy Research Office of theNDRC, led the delegation.

> December 12, 2005 – Vancouver, BC

Western Economic Development

Strategic Planning Session

Yuen Pau Woo gave a speech tosenior staff of WED on the AsiaPacific Gateway initiative.

> December 15-16, 2005 –

Vancouver, BC

Meeting of the PECC Pacific

Economic Outlook Forecasters

Group

Yuen Pau Woo, the InternationalCoordinator of the PECC PacificEconomic Outlook, convened ameeting of the forecasting team todiscuss the regional economic out-look and how the PEO forecasterscould best contribute to PECC’snew State of the Region annualreport. While in Vancouver, the PEOforecasters also participated in anavian influenza preparedness workshop organized by the BC government.

> January 13, 2006 – Vancouver, BC

Model UN Conference

Paul Evans gave presentations on“The North Korean Nuclear Issue”and “Water Security in Asia” to delegates from across Canada andthe US.

> January 17, 2006 – Boston, MA

US Foreign Policy Conference

Paul Evans helped to draft the concept paper and chaired theopening panel at the “Laboratoryon Democracy and US ForeignPolicy” organized by the FordFoundation.

> January 22-25, 2006 – Singapore

ABAC First Meeting of 2006

Paul Irwin provided strategic support to Canada’s ABAC membersat the First Meeting of the APECBusiness Advisory Council inSingapore. Canada’s newestappointed member to the Council,Mr. Trung Nguyen, Senior VicePresident, Caisse CentraleDesjardins, participated in themeetings for the first time.

> January 24, 2006 – Vancouver, BC

CFA Association of BC

Yuen Pau Woo gave a presentationto the Chartered Financial AnalystsAssociation of BC on the importanceof Asia.

> January 26-28, 2006 – Jakarta,

Indonesia

Rebuilding American Security

Workshop

Paul Evans organized and co-chaired a conference on “Americain Question: Indonesian Democracyand Counter-Terrorism in SoutheastAsia,” co-hosted with the Centre forInternational and Strategic Studiesin Jakarta.

> February 2, 2006 – Vancouver, BC

Strategic Focus Group on People

and Community Leverage

The Foundation organized a strategicfocus group on “People andCommunity Leverage.” The half-day consultation workshop wasintended to provide input to the

Poster of finalist Caitlin McLay,

St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary School, in

the BC High School Poster Contest.

Poster of finalist Minju Park,

St. Michael’s University School, in the

BC High School Poster Contest.

Poster of finalist Carmen Bright,

Sullivan Heights Secondary School, in the

BC High School Poster Contest.

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China/Hong Market Advisory Groupof the BC Premier’s Asia PacificTrade Council on how best to buildupon Chinese community ties tostrengthen BC’s trade and invest-ment relations with China/HongKong. The workshop was attendedby over 25 leaders from theChinese community in BC.

> February 6, 2006 – Victoria, BC

Asia Pacific Research

Grants Program

Dr. Carin Holroyd visited theUniversity of Victoria to introducethe Asia Pacific Research GrantsProgram and discuss the impor-tance of public policy research.

> February 8, 2006 – Vancouver, BC

Asia Pacific Research

Grants Program

Dr. Carin Holroyd visited UBC tointroduce the Foundation’s newAsia Pacific Research GrantsProgram and discuss the importance of public policyresearch.

> February 10, 2006 – Ottawa, ON

FOCAL Conference on China and

the Americas

Paul Evans gave the introductorypresentation on “Global China:Reasons for Concern, No Reasonsfor Alarm.”

> February 13, 2006 – Edmonton, AB

Asia Pacific Research

Grants Program

Dr. Carin Holroyd visited theUniversity of Alberta to introducethe Asia Pacific Research GrantsProgram and discuss the importance of public policyresearch.

> February 13-16, 2006 – New Delhi,

India

Indian International Centre

Paul Evans gave a speech on “EastAsian and Asia PacificRegionalisms: Competitive orComplementary?” at the IndiaInternational Centre. He also presented a paper on “East Asiaand Human Security: Against theOdds, Twice” at an internationalconference hosted by The BookReview Literary Trust.

> February 21, 2006 – Vancouver, BC

Hong Kong Canada Business

Association Gala Dinner

APF Canada supported the HongKong Canada Business Associationby hosting an APF Canada table atthe business association’s annualgala dinner. The dinner providedgood networking opportunities formembers of the Foundation’s AsiaPacific Business Network and otherfriends of the Foundation interestedin the Hong Kong market.

> February 23, 2006 – Vancouver, BC

Forum for International Trade

Training (FITT)

Yuen Pau Woo delivered a speechto the Board of Directors of FITT.

> February 27, 2006 – March 3, 2006 –

Ottawa, ON and Montreal, QC

Asia Pacific Research

Grants Program

Dr. Carin Holroyd visited McGillUniversity, Concordia University,l’Université d’Ottawa and CarletonUniversity to introduce the AsiaPacific Research Grants Programand discuss the importance of public policy research.

Poster of finalist Robyn Luk,

Lord Byng Secondary School, in the

BC High School Poster Contest.

Poster of finalist Mariko Ishibashi,

Malaspina International High School, in the

BC High School Poster Contest.

Poster of finalist Larry Ngo,

North Delta Senior Secondary School, in the

BC High School Poster Contest.

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> March 7, 2006 – Vancouver, BC

Asian Economies Speaker Series

Dr Wing Thye Woo, Professor ofEconomics, University of California-Davis, spoke on “The GlobalAdjustment to China’s Return to aCrowded World Stage” at the AsianEconomies Speaker Series.

> March 10, 2006 – Vancouver, BC

Briefing by Dr. Jusuf Wanandi

Dr. Jusuf Wanandi, Chairman of theSupervisory Board, Centre forStrategic and International Studies,Jakarta, spoke to business and academic communities at a briefingorganized by the Foundation aboutdevelopments in Indonesia.

> March 15, 2006 – Vancouver, BC

Meeting with China Institute of

International Studies

Former Ambassador Zhengang Ma,Chairman, CSCAP China, President,China Institute of InternationalStudies, and Chunyan Tian, ConsulGeneral in Vancouver, visited theFoundation to discuss bilateralissues.

> March 20, 2006 – Vancouver, BC

Meeting with Canada’s

Ambassador to Afghanistan

David Sproule briefed Foundationstaff regarding events in the Middle East.

> March 30, 2006 – Vancouver, BC

Meeting with Brunei High

Commissioner

Magdalene Teo, Brunei HighCommissioner, paid a courtesy callon the Foundation.

> March 30, 2006 – Vancouver, BC

Meeting with the Ambassador of

Indonesia

Paul Evans met with DjokoHardono, Ambassador of theRepublic of Indonesia to Canada,and Bunyan Saptomo, the Consul General in Vancouver, whopresented the Foundation with apainting during a courtesy call.

The three winners of the BC High School

Poster Contest: (1st Place) Jessica Pang

Grade 11, Age 17, Cambie Secondary

School, Richmond; (2nd Place) Heera Kim,

Grade 10, Age 17, of Sullivan Heights

Secondary School in Surrey; and (3rd Place)

Wendan Li, Grade 10, Age 16, Walnut Grove

Secondary School, gather around the

congratulatory cake.

ASIA PACIFIC BULLETIN

> Better-than-Expected 2004

Asian Economic Growth: More

Surprises Ahead?

(April 1, 2005)

> Canadian Firms Positioning to

Take Advantage of Opportunities in

Emerging India

(April 8, 2005)

> Securing Export Financing for

Small and Medium Sized

Enterprises

(April 15, 2005)

> Ottawa Gives Enhanced Asian Ties

a Boost in Foreign Policy Review

(April 22, 2005)

> Why does Australia Want an FTA

with China?

(April 29, 2005)

> Canadian Cultural Industries

Performing Strongly in Japan

(May 6, 2005)

> New Momentum for an Asian

Monetary Fund

(May 13, 2005)

> Indonesia Starts to Clear the Path

for New Foreign Investment

(May 20, 2005)

> China’s Energy Demands

Fueling Canada’s Uranium

Exploration in Asia

(May 27, 2005)

> Back to Business in Hong Kong -

and on into China

(June 3, 2005)

> Toyota’s Plans to Expand in Canada

Overshadowed by GM’s Misery

(June 10, 2005)

> Major Airlines and Low-Cost

Carriers Battle for Access in Asia

(June 17, 2005)

> Vietnam Warrants a Closer Look as

WTO Entry Nears

(June 24, 2005)

> Focus on Scandals Obscures

Arroyo’s Plans for the Philippine

Economy

(June 30, 2005)

> The Growing Impact of Bird Flu

in Asia

(July 8, 2005)

> Is Vancouver Prepared for China’s

Return to the High Seas?

(July 15, 2005)

> Small Rise in Yuan is a Big Step

for China

(July 22, 2005)

> Indo-US Deal Opens Door to

Canadian Nuclear Sales to India

(July 29, 2005)

> Bid for CP Ships Again Raises the

Issue of Chinese State Ownership

(August 5, 2005)

> Win or Lose the Election, PM

Koizumi Will Leave Behind a

Liberalized Japan

(August 12, 2005)

> How Much Will Rising Oil Prices

Slow Asian Growth?

(August 19, 2005)

> Asia Continues to Lead the Mobile

Entertainment Revolution

(August 26, 2005)

> A Rush of Big Deals in Chinese

Banking May Buy Problems in the

Future

(September 2, 2005)

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TOP TEN ASIA PACIFIC BULLETINS

1 Major Airlines and Low-CostCarriers Battle for Access in Asia

2 China’s Energy Demands FuellingCanada’s Uranium Exploration inAsia

3 Bid for CP Ships Again Raisesthe Issue of Chinese StateOwnership

4 Chinese Tourists are Coming toCanada, With or Without ADS

5 Better-than-Expected 2004 AsianEconomic Growth: MoreSurprises Ahead?

6 Securing Export Financing forSmall and Medium SizedEnterprises

7 Asian News that Canadian MediaOverlooked

8 How Much Will Rising Oil PricesSlow Asian Growth?

9 Is Vancouver Prepared forChina’s Return to the High Seas?

10 Can India Revitalize its SpecialEconomic Zones to Rival Thosein China?

> Lack of Attention Putting

International Student Gains at Risk

(September 9, 2005)

> Will Beijing See Canada as a Good

Partner as China Goes Global?

(September 16, 2005)

> China Signals That it Wants

Canadian Environmental

Technology

(September 23, 2005)

> Is Mission Québec the First Step

Toward a National Asia Gateway

Strategy?

(September 30, 2005)

> Quietly, Canada Moves Closer to

Recognizing India’s Nuclear

Capability

(October 7, 2005)

> While Asian Trade Ties Blossom,

Cooperation on Disasters Lags

(October 14, 2005)

> China Looks to Australia to Supply

its Growing Nuclear Fuel Needs

(October 21, 2005)

> China’s Space Success May Mean

Greater Canadian Aerospace Ties

(October 26, 2005)

> Thailand-Malaysia Diplomatic Row

Tests ASEAN Solidarity

(November 2, 2005)

> Ontario Looks to China for Markets,

Investment and Partnership

(November 9, 2005)

> Dynamic Regional Growth May

Hide the Challenge to APEC’s

Relevance

(November 16, 2005)

> South Asian Free Trade Deal is the

Beginning, Not the End, of a

Process

(November 24, 2005)

> The Pacific Gateway: When a Pause

is Not a Problem

(November 30, 2005)

> Asia’s Rising Stem Cell Industry

Challenging North American

Research

(December 7, 2005)

> East Asia Summit: Can Canada

Find a Seat at the Table?

(December 14, 2005)

> Asian News that Canadian Media

Overlooked

(December 21, 2005)

> China’s GDP Revisions Should

Encourage More Canadian Services

Exports

(January 11, 2005)

> Will the Asia Pacific Climate

Partnership Be the New Model

for Canada?

(January 19, 2006)

> Mongolia Plays at Democracy

While Canada’s Mining Investors

Can Only Watch

(January 25, 2006)

> Can India Revitalize its Special

Economic Zones to Rival Those

in China?

(February 2, 2006)

> Nortel-Huawei Deal Marks a

New Model of Canada-China

Business Relations

(February 8, 2006)

> East Asia Takes a Tiny Step Toward

Regional Financial Integration

(February 15, 2006)

> Canada-Korea FTA Talks Draw

Ottawa into the North Korea Debate

(February 22, 2006)

> Chinese Tourists are Coming to

Canada, With or Without ADS

(March 1, 2006)

> Freeport’s Conflict in West Papua

Highlights Troubles for

Indonesian Miners

(March 8, 2006)

> Canada Will Lose Few Friends in

Asia Because of its New Role in

Afghanistan

(March 16, 2006)

> Will Thaksin’s Troubles Topple

Thailand’s Fledgling Democracy?

(March 22, 2006)

> How will Canadian Fuel Cell

Technologies Remain Competitive

in East Asian Markets?

(March 29, 2006)

CANADA ASIA INVESTMENT

MONITOR – 12 issues

Reported New Canadian Ventures inAsia Pacific and Reported New AsiaPacific Ventures in Canada

CANADA ASIA COMMENTARY

Taiwan: The Democratic Model

Everyone Tries to Ignore

(November 2005)

Canada Missing Opportunity in the

Booming China Education Market

(January 2006)

Recognizing the Canadian Diaspora

(March 2006)

CANADA IN ASIA SERIES

Fueling the Dragon: China’s Quest

for Energy Security and Canada’s

Opportunities

(April 2005)

Going Global: The Why, When,

Where and How of Chinese

Companies’ Outward Investment

Intentions

(November 2005)

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2005 – 2006

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CHINA INSIGHT - six issues

COUNTRY BACKGROUNDERS -

updated November, 2005

INDIA INSIGHT – five issues

JAPAN INSIGHT – six issues

NEWS RELEASES

> APF Canada Releases Quarterly

Survey of Political and Economic

Trends in Asia

(April 5, 2005)

> President and CEO of Asia

Pacific Foundation of Canada to

Leave Post

(April 20, 2005)

> Canada-ASEAN Economic

Relations Reviewed in New Report

by Asia Pacific Foundation of

Canada

(April 29, 2005)

> Fueling the Dragon: A new report from the Asia PacificFoundation of Canada on China’sQuest for Energy Security andCanada’s Opportunities (May 9, 2005)

> New Report Analyzes – Hong Kong

as a Trading and Investment

Platform for Canadian Companies

(May 30, 2005)

> Canada-China Roundtable onImmigration and Human ResourceIssues to Examine TransnationalPeople Flows (June 1, 2005)

> Pacific Economic Outlook

2005-2006: Annual Forecast for Asia Pacific Region Launched atVancouver Briefing (June 14, 2005)

> Pacific Economic Outlook 2005-

2006: Regional ImbalancesThreaten Robust Outlook (June 15, 2005)

> APF Canada Releases Quarterly

Survey of Political and Economic

Trends in Asia

(July 18, 2005)

> APF Canada Releases Annual

Report 2004-2005

(August 23, 2005)

> APF Canada Announces New

Leadership Team

(August 29, 2005)

> The Asia Pacific Foundation ofCanada is a Media Resource for the

Visit of Hu Jintao, President of the

People’s Republic of China

(September 1, 2005)

> China’s Outward Direct Investment

Set to Rise

(September 14, 2005)

> Asian Economies Speaker Series

Draws World-Renowned Speakersto Vancouver (October 11, 2005)

> Asia Pacific Foundation of CanadaCompiles Website on South Asian

Earthquake

(October 13, 2005)

> Asia Pacific Foundation of CanadaOrganizes Seminar on Hong Kong:

Canada’s Bridgehead to China

(October 20, 2005)

> APF Canada Releases Quarterly

Survey of Political and Economic

Trends in Asia

(November 3, 2005)

> Asia Pacific Foundation of Canadareleases Canada Asia Commentary

– “Taiwan: The Democratic Model

Everyone Tries to Ignore”

(November 14, 2005)

> November 2005 Update: Pacific

Economic Outlook – EconomicOutlook for Asia Pacific RegionRemains Robust (November 15, 2005)

> Asian Economies Speaker Series –“Exchange Rates Under the EastAsian Dollar Standard: China’sDilemma” (November 16, 2005)

> Appointments to Board of

Directors of Asia Pacific Foundation

of Canada

(November 22, 2005)

> Website Offers a New Resource on

Canada as an Asia Pacific Gateway

(December 6, 2005)

> Asia Pacific Foundation of CanadaAnnounces New Grants Program

to Support Research on Asia

Pacific Region

(January 23, 2006)

> Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada Announces New Media

Grants Program

(January 24, 2006)

> Asia Pacific Foundation of CanadaSponsors High School Poster

Contest: How Do You Visualize

British Columbia as Canada’s Asia

Pacific Gateway?

(January 25, 2006)

> Canadian Companies Bullish

on Asian Investment, Says NewSurvey from Asia PacificFoundation of Canada (February 14, 2006)

> Appointments to Board of

Directors of Asia Pacific Foundation

of Canada

(March 14, 2006)

PUBLICATIONS

2005 – 2006

41

> Value of Canadian Expatriates

Ignored, Underutilized, says New Report from Asia PacificFoundation of Canada (March 22, 2006)

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

> Canada-ASEAN Economic

Relations: Assessment

and Prospects

(April 2005)

> Pacific Economic Outlook 2005-

2006: Economic Prospects for the

Asia Pacific Region

(June 2005)The Outline was written by Yuen Pau Woo, who is theInternational Coordinator of theForecasting Panel.

> Asian Outlook

(November 2005)

> November 2005 Update: Pacific

Economic Outlook (PEO)

The PEO is an annual forecast of 19economies in the Asia Pacificregion. The PEO 2005-2006: Economic Prospects for the AsiaPacific Region, was first released inJune.

PUBLICATIONS

2005 – 2006

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VISITORS TO THE FOUNDATION

> Hank Bull, Kazuko Longmuir, Richard Mews, Niranjan Rajah, and Gareth Sirotnik, delegation from VancouverInternational Centre for Contemporary Asian Art (Centre A)

> Amitav Acharya, Deputy Director of the Institute for Defence and Strategic Studies, Singapore

> Joseph Caron, Canadian Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China

> Yvonne Chua, Training Director, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism

> Xin Chunying, Deputy Minister, Legislative Affairs Commission of the Standing Committee of the National People’sCongress, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

> The Right Honourable Joe Clark, Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

> Wayne Clifford, Assistant Deputy Minister, International Relations, Ministry of International and IntergovernmentalRelations, Government of Alberta

> Shyamala B. Cowsik, High Commissioner of India and George Joseph, Consul General of India

> Roy Culpeper, President, The North-South Institute

> His Excellency Djoko Hardono, Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to Canada, Bunyan Saptomo, Consul General of the Republic of Indonesia, Ronald Manik, Indonesian Embassy, Mr. Wibanarto, IndonesianConsulate General

> Gordon Houlden, Director of the Canadian Trade Office, Taipei, Taiwan

> Han Seong-Jin, Consul General of the Republic of Korea, Vancouver, BC

> Jiang Xiangrui, Director General of Policy Research Office, National Development and Reform Commission, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

> Lewis Lukens, Consul General of the United States of America, Vancouver, BC

> Ma Zhengang, President, China Institute of International Studies, Beijing

> Randolph Mank, Canadian Ambassador to Indonesia

> Ronald McKinnon, Professor of International Economics, Stanford University

> Andrew Needs, Deputy High Commissioner for New Zealand in Canada

> Deunden Nikomborirak, Research Director, Economic Governance, Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI)

> David Reddaway, High Commissioner, British High Commission, Ottawa

> Steven Shi, Director of Sino-Canadian Economic Management Institute and Wendy Guan, Program Director of Sino-Canadian Economic Management Institute

> David Sproule, Canadian Ambassador to Afghanistan

> Sung-Joon Yim, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Canada

> Mark Belliveau, Quebec Government office in Tokyo

> MacKenzie Clugston, Minister and Deputy Head of Mission, Canadian Embassy in Tokyo

> Jusuf Wanandi, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Jakarta

> Professor Ronghua Wang, President, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, PRC

> Robert Wright, Canadian Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China

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