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Justin Kwan is a Senior Program Manager at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, a not-for-profit organization focused on building Canada’s ties with the countries and peoples of Asia. At the Foundation, Justin leads the APEC-Canada Growing Business Partnership project focusing on micro-, small-, and medium-sized enterprise (MSME) growth in developing Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies.
Prior to his current role, Justin was a Project Specialist at the Foundation where he supported the Asia Pacific Curriculum project for Canadian high school students as well as other programs and activities that strengthen 'Asia competence' among Canada's next generation. He was also a co-investigator on a National Geographic Society exploration grant that examined the issues of Chinese language, identity and heritage preservation in Singapore and Vancouver. As a Post-Graduate Research Fellow at the Foundation, he was the original co-host and creator of The Youth Element: A Podcast Series on East Asia’s Millennials, a project that narrates the stories of youth and their everyday realities, challenges, and motivations living as citizens in Asia.
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China perspectives, 2020
Avec Challenging Beijing’s Mandate of Heaven, Ming-sho Ho fournit l’un des comptes rendus les plu... more Avec Challenging Beijing’s Mandate of Heaven, Ming-sho Ho fournit l’un des comptes rendus les plus complets sur deux mouvements sociaux majeurs a Taiwan et a Hong Kong. Le mouvement des Tournesols (Taiyanghua xueyun 太陽花學運) et le mouvement des Parapluies (Jyusaan wandong 雨傘運動) ont tous deux retenu l’attention en raison des efforts deployes par la societe civile ainsi que la jeunesse pour renforcer la democratie dans leurs societes respectives. Ainsi, du 18 mars au 10 avril 2014, des militants ...
Education About Asia, 2018
Contemporary Chinese Political Economy and Strategic Relations: An International Journal, 2006
The rise of civic nationalism in both Hong Kong and Taiwan indicates a prominence of democratic l... more The rise of civic nationalism in both Hong Kong and Taiwan indicates a prominence of democratic liberal values which are contributing to the further rejection of an ethnonational Chinese identity imposed by Beijing. Using the 2014 Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong and the Sunflower Movement in Taiwan as case studies, this paper examines how the rise of civic nationalism is furthering the nation-building project of Hong Kong and Taiwanese identities. Following a comparison between the Umbrella Movement and the Sunflower Movement in terms of the sequence of events, the paper identifies the impact of the movements on both societies through an examination of the successes and failures of each movement, the rise of new political forces and party politics, as well as political institutions. The paper concludes by discussing the implications of the widening identity gap of Hong Kong and Taiwan from China.
China perspectives, 2020
Avec Challenging Beijing’s Mandate of Heaven, Ming-sho Ho fournit l’un des comptes rendus les plu... more Avec Challenging Beijing’s Mandate of Heaven, Ming-sho Ho fournit l’un des comptes rendus les plus complets sur deux mouvements sociaux majeurs a Taiwan et a Hong Kong. Le mouvement des Tournesols (Taiyanghua xueyun 太陽花學運) et le mouvement des Parapluies (Jyusaan wandong 雨傘運動) ont tous deux retenu l’attention en raison des efforts deployes par la societe civile ainsi que la jeunesse pour renforcer la democratie dans leurs societes respectives. Ainsi, du 18 mars au 10 avril 2014, des militants ...
Education About Asia, 2018
Contemporary Chinese Political Economy and Strategic Relations: An International Journal, 2006
The rise of civic nationalism in both Hong Kong and Taiwan indicates a prominence of democratic l... more The rise of civic nationalism in both Hong Kong and Taiwan indicates a prominence of democratic liberal values which are contributing to the further rejection of an ethnonational Chinese identity imposed by Beijing. Using the 2014 Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong and the Sunflower Movement in Taiwan as case studies, this paper examines how the rise of civic nationalism is furthering the nation-building project of Hong Kong and Taiwanese identities. Following a comparison between the Umbrella Movement and the Sunflower Movement in terms of the sequence of events, the paper identifies the impact of the movements on both societies through an examination of the successes and failures of each movement, the rise of new political forces and party politics, as well as political institutions. The paper concludes by discussing the implications of the widening identity gap of Hong Kong and Taiwan from China.