Managing the Canada-China Political Relationship in an Indo-Pacific Era
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Abstract
AbstractThis paper outlines the risk and opportunity for managing an increasingly complex Canada-China bilateral relationship. As we argue, competitive pluralism and divergent political agency has led to increased tension and confusion on how Canada can build effective tactics for strengthening its relationship with China. To show this, we draw on the concept of social constructivism as a substantive theory for explaining how the current diplomatic crisis unfolded while calling for new and creative approaches for navigating the political relationship through socio-economic connections. We further contend that it is in Canada’s national interest for all levels of government and business actors to develop long-term strategies for working with the world’s second largest economy. Embracing political and economic pragmatism serves both Canada’s vital interests and values while offering a window on how to live with authoritarian China. We conclude with several policy recommendations for working with China through Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy framework.RésuméCet article décrit le risque et l'opportunité de gérer une relation bilatérale Canada-Chine de plus en plus complexe. Comme nous le soutenons, le pluralisme concurrentiel et l'agence politique divergente ont entraîné une tension et une confusion accrues sur la façon dont le Canada peut élaborer des tactiques efficaces pour renforcer ses relations avec la Chine. Pour le montrer, nous nous appuyons sur le concept du constructivisme social en tant que théorie de fond pour expliquer comment la crise diplomatique actuelle s'est déroulée tout en appelant à des approches nouvelles et créatives pour naviguer dans la relation politique à travers les connexions socio-économiques. Nous soutenons en outre qu'il est dans l'intérêt national du Canada que tous les niveaux du gouvernement et les intérêts divers des commerces élaborent des stratégies à long terme pour travailler avec la deuxième plus grande économie du monde. Adopter le pragmatisme politique et économique sert à la fois les intérêts vitaux et les valeurs du Canada tout en offrant une fenêtre sur la façon de vivre avec la Chine autoritaire. Nous concluons avec plusieurs recommandations politiques pour travailler avec la Chine dans le cadre de la Stratégie indopacifique du Canada.Keywords: Canada, China, Indo-Pacific, Agency, Foreign Policy, Business, DiplomacyMots-clés : Canada, Chine, Indo-Pacifique, Agence, Politique étrangère, Affaires, Diplomatie (Hanlon and Lien)
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Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.003 | 0.004 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.002 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.017 | 0.007 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.009 | 0.003 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.008 |
| Research integrity | 0.002 | 0.003 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.009 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".