But Bill Downe, who retired in November after a decade as Bank of Montreal’s chief executive officer and is advising Canada’s government on trade, believes the conditions for doing business in China are dramatically improving…
Tagged By beijing
China to recreate Shakespeare’s birthplace of Stratford-upon-Avon
China has announced plans to recreate Shakespeare’s birthplace of Stratford-upon-Avon along with replicas of the playwright’s homes, as part of an ambitious new international cultural center that will pay homage to three literary greats. Set…
No ‘one sticking point’ holding up trade talks with China: Lametti
The federal government knew it was in for a bumpy ride as it pursued a free-trade agreement with China, says the parliamentary secretary to Canada’s innovation minister, but it isn’t giving up. “We knew it…
Trade deal with China ‘impossible’ and NAFTA remains ‘a mess’: Unifor president Jerry Dias
The head of Canada’s largest private-sector union says he’s not surprised that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau came home this weekend without any progress made on a free-trade deal with China. In fact, said Unifor president…
Beware effects of China’s ‘united front’ in Canada: former envoy
“China does have a strategy for influencing public opinion and … And in a Canadian Press interview this summer, Chinese ambassador Lu Shaye blamed an ill-informed Canadian news media for forcing human rights onto the…
Should MPs accept free trips to China? Critics urge closer look at sponsored travel
which likely would not be possible with trips to China given the country’s muzzling of activists and political dissidents. Global News asked the Prime Minister’s Office whether the government would support or be open to…
Coquitlam school trustees’ free trips to China raise ethical concerns
Coquitlam school trustees are under fire for taking Chinese-government-paid trips to China. For the past few years … Kerri Palmer Isaak, told the Tri-City News the trip, which cost the Chinese government about $8,000 a…
Alex Pierson: Why is Team Trudeau calling this second trip to China a success?
I’m not sure if Team Trudeau was told they would start trade talks on their official visit to China or assumed they would and then arrived in China to a frosty reality that China ain’t…
China accuses Australian leader of undermining trust
then misrepresented Australia’s policy on China’s sweeping territorial claims in the South China at a news conference held exclusively for Chinese reporters and attended by Huang. The Chinese Embassy in Australia issued a strongly worded…
The 2017 Sanya Energy International Forum Focuses on Energy Transformation in China
View original content:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-2017-sanya-energy-international-forum-focuses-on-energy-transformation-in-china-300569356.html Nearly 300 domestic and foreign leading experts and scholars specializing in energy gathered … ( read original story …)
China complains to Australia over Turnbull comments on interference
were baseless and poisoned the atmosphere of China-Australia relations, Geng told a daily news briefing. “We express strong dissatisfaction at this, and have already lodged solemn representations with the Australian side,” he said. Geng said…
Trudeau leaves China with a defence of Western media, but no progress on free trade
China, which heavily censors its own press, has seized on President Donald Trump’s attacks on “fake news” to grow more open in denouncing international media it sees as impeding its agenda. And as Beijing flexes…
Migrant workers evicted from homes in Beijing
Thousands of migrant workers have been evicted from their homes in Beijing in what the government calls a crackdown on unsafe living conditions. CNN’s Matt Rivers has more. ( read original story …)
ADVERTISEMENT
