Brian Crombie to Charles Burton about China and Canada China relations. Charles Burton is Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institutes's Centre for Advancing Canadian Interests Abroad and Associate Professor at Brock University specializing in Comparative Politics, Government and Politics of China, Canada-China Relations and Human Rights. Served as Counsellor at the Canadian Embassy to China between 1991-1993 and 1998-2000. Prior to coming to Brock worked at the Communications Security Establishment of the Department of National Defence.
PhD 1987 from the University of Toronto after studies at Cambridge University (Oriental Studies) and Fudan University (History of Ancient Chinese Thought Program.
He has published extensively on Chinese and North Korean affairs and Canada-China relations and has been commissioned to write reports on matters relating to Canada's relations with China for agencies of the Government of Canada.