On Monday, July 9, a delegation from the distiniguished Chinese Academy of Sciences came to Ocean Networks Canada as part of a mission to the U.S. and Canadian west coast. The Academy is the Republic of China’s highest academic institution in natural sciences and its top scientific and technological advisory body.

Led by Academy vice president, Ding Zhongli, and the director of the South China Sea Institute of Oceanology in Guangzhou, Si Zhang, the group of nine spent the morning...