China taking over Canadian oilsand, copper miner
ShareWow! That’s the first after-effects of Harper’s maiden visit to China! Canada OKs major PetroChina oil sands investment (AFP) — Canada’s Industry Minister Tony Clement said he had approved a 1.7 billion dollar acquisition by PetroChina of two Athabasca Oil Sands Corporation projects in northeastern Alberta province. The deal gives PetroChina International 60 percent control of the Athabasca’s MacKay and Dover oil sands... [Read More...]
Canada-China Joint Statement (full text)
ShareA little belated… but thought it’s an important document that should be published here; all released by the PMO. CANADA-CHINA JOINT STATEMENT December 3, 2009 Beijing, China 1. At the invitation of Premier Wen Jiabao, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper made an official visit to China from December 2 – 6, 2009, visiting Beijing, Shanghai and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. 2. Prime Minister Harper had a meeting with... [Read More...]
Listen to what Canadian businesses say about China
ShareCanadian Chamber of Commerce in HK’s response to Harper’s China visit (released to CIV on Dec 6): Andrew Work of Canadian Chamber of Commerce in HK Canadians doing business in China hold similar values to Canadians in Canada. Where there may be a difference is in our experience on the ground. Many, including Canadians originally from China, have witnessed an explosion of freedoms in China unimaginable just a couple of decades ago.... [Read More...]
Lai Changxing to release autobiography next year
ShareLai Changxing has responded to the signing of the Approved Destination Status (ADS) agreement signed during PM Harper’s four-day visit to China on Dec 2-6. “I’m happier than anyone to see ADS (being signed),” Lai Changxing told the Chinese media in Vancouver on Dec 3. The rationale behind his “happiness“, Lai said, was because it had always been rumoured that his staying in Canada was the biggest obstacle for China... [Read More...]
Cold sores?
Share Photo taken in Hong Kong after meeting Chief Executive Donald Tsang on Dec 5 Is this cold sores?? What did the Chinese hosts offer Harper to eat at the Great Hall of People on Dec 3? ;) Read More →
Harper visits The Great Wall, calls it ‘unbelievable’
Share Prime Minister Stephen Harper and wife Laureen visits the Great Wall of China at Badaling in Beijing, China on Thursday, December 3, 2009. (CP) CP – “Unbelievable”. That’s how Prime Minister Harper described the Great Wall of China today during a walk with his wife Lauren and a flank of Canadian officials. The outing, about 90 minutes outside Beijing, came prior to key meetings with Chinese President Hu Jintao and dinner... [Read More...]
2/3 Canadians urge PM to focus on China’s human rights, not trade: poll
SharePMO release Sigh… what can I say? Sometimes I really don’t understand my fellow Canadians. Why are Canadians always one step behind the rest of the world? Is it because our country is too cold so our people don’t travel outside of North America to see the rest of the world? With an obvious shift of western media obsession on the “China threat” theory and the retrieve of the once mainstream China-bashing rhetoric,... [Read More...]
What is it about Harper’s China trip?
ShareDear readers: Here’s the transcript of today’s briefing on PM Harper’s visit to China. Enjoy. Main point? Just a tour. Nothing to be signed. But free entrance to the Great Wall and the Forbidden City. (my emphasis in bold) ———————- file photo TRANSCRIPTION DATE: November 30th, 2009 – 1:00 p.m. LOCATION: National Press Theater, Ottawa, Ontario PRINCIPALS: ‧Dimitri Soudas, Associate... [Read More...]
At long last…. Harper to vist China in Dec
SharePMO announced the long-overdue Harper’s visit to China, which will happen in Dec. Remember the Tories have always been saying that Harper will be visiting China in November, around the time of APEC? Well, since Obama has confirmed a trip to China in mid-Nov, guess Canada couldn’t compete with our southern neighbour? ;) PRIME MINISTER STEPHEN HARPER TO TRAVEL TO CHINA OTTAWA – Prime Minister Stephen Harper today announced that he... [Read More...]
It’s China’s 60th anniversary.. did Canada say ‘happy birthday’?
Share(Photo released by the PMO; Harper met Hu Jintao during G8 in Pittsburgh) The Conservatives might appear courting China in recent months — I’d say especially, reluctantly after the recession. The PMO even released a photo seeing PM Harper chatting happily with China’s president Hu Jintao in the recent G8 summit in Pittsburgh. Conservative propaganda machine boasted about that being a sign of a better China-Canada relationship. Today... [Read More...]
