VANCOUVER—Former ambassador John McCallum’s break from Ottawa’s official messaging suggests Beijing was employing strategies from a “well-honed playbook” designed to sway ambassadors into representing … ( read original story …)
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China tells U.S. to stop ‘unreasonable crackdown’ on Huawei
Beijing will “firmly defend” its companies, said foreign ministry statement read on the state-run TV news. It gave no indication whether Beijing might retaliate for the charges against Huawei, China’s … ( read original story…
The air on cruise ships can be as polluted as the air in Beijing, new study claims
Air pollution on cruise ship decks may be as bad as in cities like Beijing and Santiago, Chile, according to a new study from researchers at Johns Hopkins University. The study measured pollution leve… (…
China starts legal process at WTO over U.S. tariffs
China triggered the legal process on Monday for the World Trade Organization to hear Beijing’s challenge to U.S. tariffs imposed on $234 billion US of goods, and berated the United States for blocking … (…
China calls firing ambassador McCallum ‘internal affair’; continues to press for Meng’s release
China will not comment,” Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told a daily news briefing in Beijing. Geng reiterated China’s call for Canada to “make the correct choice” and … ( read original story …)
‘Inconsistent messages’ may have deepened Canada-China dispute
I think overall it has been received well,” she told CTV News Channel on Sunday. While McCallum’s remarks might have played well in China, Ong said, they presented a problem for Freeland and other Can……
With McCallum gone, a new “steady hand at the tiller” in Beijing as anger erupts in China
The government of Canada launched John McCallum’s posting as ambassador to China with a fanfare fitting the country’s first political appointee to the world’s second-largest economy. Mr. McCallum is “ … ( read original story…
Farewell to John McCallum, 2017’s man in Beijing
So, funny thing. On Jan. 9 I spotted John McCallum’s distinctive mug in a photo posted on an Ottawa-based social media account. There being a lot happening on the China front, I sent him an…
It’s ‘high time’ Canada shifted its Asia focus away from China: Japanese ambassador
Her arrest was closely followed up by news that two Canadians, Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, had been detained in China in what Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has described as “arbitrary” detentio… ( read original…
John McCallum fired as ambassador to China amid diplomatic crisis
“Last night I asked for and accepted John McCallum’s resignation as Canada’s Ambassador to China,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a statement Saturday. A spokesperson for the prime minister con… ( read original story…
McCallum out as Canadian ambassador to China after comments on Meng extradition
“Last night I asked for and accepted John McCallum’s resignation as Canada’s ambassador to China,” Trudeau said in a statement on Saturday. “For almost two decades, John McCallum has … ( read original story …)
China Names ICBC’s Yi as Head of Securities Regulator
Yi, 54, will replace Liu Shiyu, who ran the China Securities Regulatory Commission for three years, state-run Xinhua News Agency reported Saturday, citing a decision by the State Council. People’s Ban… ( read original story…
China envoy McCallum walks back comments on Meng Wanzhou case
Trudeau dismisses calls to fire McCallum as envoy to China after eyebrow-raising comments McCallum says Meng has a strong case against extradition. Is he right? “I think she has quite good arguments o… ( read…
