Jason C. McLean and Dawn McSweeney take a break from talking Montreal festival season to go over some recent news: Ongoing war in Ukraine and […]
Tag: China
FTB Fridays 02/26/2021: Canada’s Parliament Votes to Call China’s Treatment of Uighurs a Genocide
Host Jason C. McLean and Special Guest Niall Clapham Ricardo discuss Canada’s Parliament voting for the Conservative Party motion to declare China’s treatment of the […]
Quebec on Lockdown: How to Get Through the COVID-19 Pandemic in One Piece
We are in the midst of a global pandemic and Quebec has declared a state of emergency. Schools are closed and Premier Legeault just announced […]
Defining Atrocities: A Crash Course on Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes in International Law
Germany, Rwanda, Kosovo, Syria – what do these places have in common? They were and are the sites of some of the worst atrocities in […]
#OccupyCentral: What’s happening in Hong Kong?
“A few days ago in Hong Kong, students went down the streets and they’re protesting against the Chinese government’s recent decision to undermine Hong Kong’s […]
The end of China’s One-Child Policy: A legacy of leftover women, little emperors, 4-2-1 and bridal headhunters
The world’s most ambitious social engineering policy may be coming to end. A state-own Chinese think-tank, China Development Research Foundation, concluded that China’s One-Child policy […]