Chapter 7. Canadian and Chinese Collaboration on Education: From Unilateral to Bilateral Exchanges

Collaboration on education started shortly after Canada and the People’s Republic of China established diplomatic relations in 1970, although scattered exchanges of academic visits had occurred before that date. Collaboration after 1970 mostly took the form of Canadian development programmes, featuring a strong sense of “internationalism” but remaining largely unilateral until the late 1990s. The Canada–China Scholars Exchange Program, starting in 1974, was operated and funded by the Canadian..