Professor Kim Richard Nossal of Queen’s University, accompanied by officials of Shanghai Foreign Affairs Office, visited SIIS and talked with SIIS Vice President Chen Dongxiao, Deputy Director Wu Chunsi of Institute for Foreign Policy Studies and Deputy Director Shao Yuqun of Institute for Taiwan, Hongkong & Macao Studies about the foreign affairs of China’s local governments, Canada’s foreign and defense policies, the role of Canada on the reconstruction of Afghanistan.