Share Wow! 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 [...]
Share A 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, [...]
Share Canadian Chamber of Commerce in HK’s response to Harper’s China visit (released to CIV on Dec 6): 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 [...]
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? ;) Tags: Canada-China, Stephen Harper
Share 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 with Premier Wen Jiabao. Harper is hoping [...]
Share 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 [...]
Share Dear 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) ———————- TRANSCRIPTION DATE: November 30th, 2009 – 1:00 p.m. LOCATION: National Press Theater, Ottawa, Ontario [...]
Share PMO 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 [...]
Share 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. [...]
Share CIV – And the winner is…. In the race to be the first to visit China, Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff has won over PM Stephen Harper. While the PMO is still checking with China re Harper’s possible visit in Nov after the APEC meeting, Ignatieff has accepted an invitation from China’s FM Yang Jiechi [...]
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