Issues in Canada-China relations

Taken together, the collected papers also make the case for the importance of China to Canada, and hence the importance of getting the relationship right. [...] While the legal system continues to exhibit problems of institutional capacity, improvements in the training and funding of judges and courts are noteworthy.22 While suppression of political thought and censorship of information continue to be the norm in the Party/state’s efforts to maintain stability (“the paramount task”),23 efforts have been made to expand government transparency and accountab [...] In the wake of the Jasmine Spring, these issues of political reform and the rule of law are key to sustainability of governance in China. [...] Also see “Law of the PRC to Administer the Levy and Collection of Taxes” and “Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Law of the People’s Republic of China to Administer the Levying and Collection of Taxes” (August 4, 1993). [...] The Charter 08 manifesto associated with Liu Xiaobo was roundly criticized and vigorously suppressed along with its adherents.31 Yet Premier Wen Jiabao, speaking at the 30th anniversary of the founding of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone in September 2010, echoed the sentiments of Charter 08 in his assertion that ‘without the safeguard of political reform, the fruits of economic reform would be