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Hello, I am finishing a BA (hon) in History and Political Science at the University of Toronto. Foreign Affairs is my passion and I channel that into my own blog on foreign affairs. Come here to get my take on the important issues of today. Dive into the controversies and major events that shape our world. Topics covered range from conflicts to poverty to law and everything in between.

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• China pivots to Latin America

  By Kerry Sun on October 8, 2013 • ( 2 )

  

  In September of this year, China announced a $40 billion investment to build a canal through Nicaragua that is to be an incredible engineering marvel. The proposed canal is still in the early stages of development, and was rapidly pushed… Read More ›

• Syria is a diplomatic challenge for China

  By Kerry Sun on September 30, 2013 • ( 4 )

  

  China’s approach to the Syria crisis has been driven by a desire to avoid any US led military intervention. Beijing’s dissatisfaction with the West’s intervention in Libya in 2011, following Security Council decision 1973, has led it to be far… Read More ›

• Bo Xilai leaves poisonous legacy in China

  By Kerry Sun on August 29, 2013 • ( 4 )

  

  A rising political star. A murderous wife. An attempted cover-up. A runaway police chief. A playboy son. A secret French villa. A corrupt official. A political downfall. This conflagration of events surrounding the former high-ranking Chinese official Bo Xilai has captured… Read More ›

• In China, families bet it all on college for their children

  By Kerry Sun on February 19, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  Wu Yiebing has been going down coal shafts practically every workday of his life, wrestling an electric drill for $500 a month in the choking dust of claustrophobic tunnels, with one goal in mind: paying for his daughter’s education. His wife, Cao… Read More ›

• Is Chinese foreign aid better for africa?

  By Kerry Sun on February 19, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  There is a new kid in town and its name is the People’s Republic of China. Its entrance into the rich and elite foreign aid club has redefined the foundations of foreign aid. At last summer’s Conference of the Forum… Read More ›

• How not to beat the rush for Chinese train tickets

  By Kerry Sun on January 22, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  In freewheeling and fast-growing China, providing an innovative service might be enough to get rich. In the case of China’s tightly regulated train ticket market, however, it is enough to get arrested. The story begins with the approach of China’s… Read More ›

• China: Father hires “hitman” to kill son in online game

  By Kerry Sun on January 8, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  A man in China hired virtual “assassins” to hunt down his son in online video games and kill off his avatar, according to local media. The man, named by the Kotako East blog as Mr Feng, was concerned about the amount of time… Read More ›

• The impacts of the China/Japan island dispute

  By Kerry Sun on December 19, 2012 • ( 1 )

  

  In the latest development of the dispute over the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands, Japan scrambled fighter jets after a Chinese Military Surveillance plane entered the airspace around the disputed islands. Japan considers this the first violation of Japanese airspace since Japan started… Read More ›

• China and Japan: The Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands under international law

  By Kerry Sun on October 19, 2012 • ( 16 )

  

  On October 14, 2012, Japan, amidst the tense territorial dispute with China, marked the 60th birthday of its navy with a major naval exercise to show its maritime strength. The dispute is over a small chain of uninhabited islands in the East China… Read More ›