Henry Kissinger On China
Henry Kissinger needs no introduction. For the past sixty years his has been the voice of foreign policy par excellence, at the perihelion of momentous events that shaped the second half of the 20th century. At 89 his views remain central to…
China Takeaways
When signed up for a posting to China back in 1999, there was still a debate going on. One of my favourite writers on the subject, Joe Studwell, pointed out that there is a long line of merchants from the days of…
Enter the Annotator
With the implementation of Tactical Review /!, HQ has gone beyond a traditional focus on financial restraint and personnel reduction, to a new focus on policy conformity through interactive commentary applied by central agencies on all written materials. With some reluctance, bout…
Canada, China and Charles Maxwell Forsyth-Smith
My cousin Max Forsyth-Smith died in December 2008. The Halifax Chronicle carried a brief account of his distinguished career with the Trade Commissioner Service. He was a descendent of Nathaniel Guy, a participant in Britain’s conquest of Jamaica in 1626, whose heirs,…
Arthur Menzies
Remarks by Mr. Jacques Roy, President of the Retired Heads of Mission Association. at the funeral service for Arthur Menzies on
Nixon in China: The Week that Changed the World
Some 15 years ago historian Francis Fukuyama published The End of History and the Last Man. His book, an expansion of a 1989 article, argued that the end of the Cold War and the breakup of the Soviet empire represented the end…
John Small 1919–2006
Memories of John Small by Arthur Menzies at memorial service in Ottawa on 31 May 2006.
Left Behind In Nanjing
As Chester Ronning closed the doors of the Canadian Embassy C in China in 1951, police arrested innocent locally-engaged employee Tessie Wong
Protocol, and How to Break It
We had a reception last night in honour of Mayor Bourque and his trade delegation from Montreal, organized with the World Trade Centre in Montreal. Toward the end Francisco, the Embassy driver, came in with some messages from the office. As usual,…
Charles Taylor
Charles Taylor died on July 8, years too young. He was my close friend.
