The children’s eyes light up when their mother pulls out a photo of her triplets taken shortly after their birth in 2015. “Moez!” three-year old Moez says, pointing at the infant version of himself. “…
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Angry Beijing isn’t scaring off Canadian travellers. Are we being naïve?
The travel advisory from Global Affairs Canada is pretty clear: Canadians should “exercise a high degree of caution in China due to a risk of arbitrary enforcement of local laws.” Emphasis theirs. The … (…
Testing times from Beijing to Wall Street
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – If you were surprised by this month’s bounce in global stock markets, next week may tell you if you should join in or stay out. Chinese output data on Monday will set…
China, Germany promise closer financial co-operation
BEIJING — China and Germany promised Friday to open their markets wider to each other’s banks and insurers, giving Beijing a burst of positive trade news amid conflicts with Washington and Europe. Th… ( read…
Beijing digs in: Canada’s complaints are met with ‘death-threat diplomacy’ from China
The cases are piling up. Canadian Robert Schellenberg faces execution on drug charges after an unusually abrupt, accelerated and public retrial this week in a Chinese court. Two Canadians, Michael Kov… ( read original story…
China’s ambassador to Canada chimes in on detentions, travel warning
More to come. With files from CTV National News’ Senior Political Correspondent Glen McGregor Kovrig entered China on regular passport with business visa so he does not enjoy diplomatic immunity, Lu s… ( read original…
Emily Feng Joins NPR As Beijing Correspondent
In a note to newsroom staff, Senior Supervising Editor of NPR’s International Desk, Will Dobson, announced the staffing update. Today I am thrilled to announce the newest addition to NPR’s Internation… ( read original story…
Canadian who tried to visit ailing father in China blocked from flying home
Wang told CTV News that six police officers boarded the plane … Chinese officials arrested him in Vietnam back in 2002 and brought back to China on charges of espionage and terrorism, where he would…
Trudeau, Singapore PM discuss the detention of Canadians amid spat with China
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong Thursday about China’s detainment of Canadians. A press release from the Prime Minister’s Office explained … ( read original story …)
Former Liberal minister accuses China of using ‘hostage diplomacy’
A former Liberal justice minister accused China of using “hostage diplomacy” because of its death penalty sentence of one Canadian man, the imprisonment of two more and the harassment of a Montreal wo… ( read…
China’s first plant on the moon withers and dies soon after sprouting
But the good news over the plant’s germination was quickly over. Xinhua, China’s state-owned press agency, announced the plants died on Sunday. “The experiment has ended,” it said. ( read original story …)
China says economy czar to visit Washington for trade talks
China’s economy czar, Vice-Premier Liu He, will visit Washington on Jan. 30-31 for talks aimed at ending a costly tariff war over U.S. complaints about Beijing’s technology ambitions. The announcement … ( read original story…
Ottawa’s allies feel the chill as Beijing shows how it will likely act as a superpower
There have been detentions, dark warnings and a death sentence. And the rhetoric in the seething dispute with China turned strangely to whether Canada has a lot of friends. In Beijing, the Chinese for… (…
