This guide outlines some basics on the Chinese business environment, as well as to provide guidance on obtaining more detailed assistance and support. The seasoned "China-hand" may find also that the guide contains useful reference information. More precisely, topics covered are: the country; China's foreign policy, trade and investment; business opportunities in China; and services for Canadian exporters.

The editors take a critical look at the now almost mainstream "declinist" thesis and at the continued relevance of Canada's relationships with its principal allies - the United Kingdom, France, and the United States. Contributors discuss a broad range of themes, including the weight of a changing identity in the evolution of the country's foreign policy, the fate of Canadian diplomacy as a profession, the often complicated relationship between foreign and trade policies, the impact of immigration and refugee procedures on foreign policy, and the evolving understanding of development and defence as components of Canada's foreign policy.