Posts Tagged ‘China’

Chinese workers angry at 2-minute toilet breaks, fines for tardiness hold 18 bosses hostage

BEIJING, China – Hundreds of Chinese factory workers angry about strictly timed bathroom breaks…

by The Associated Press - Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Ottawa covers expenses for top CEOs travelling with Harper on China tour

OTTAWA – The Conservative government covered expenses for some of the country’s top executives…

by Jennifer Ditchburn, The Canadian Press - Monday, January 21, 2013
China cracks down on jaywalkers

Traffic wardens are targeting those on foot

by Mika Rekai - Friday, January 11, 2013
World’s longest high-speed rail line opens connecting Beijing with southern China

BEIJING, China – China on Wednesday opened the world’s longest high-speed rail line that…

by The Associated Press - Wednesday, December 26, 2012
World’s longest high-speed rail line opens connecting Beijing with southern China

BEIJING, China – China on Wednesday opened the world’s longest high-speed rail line that…

by The Associated Press - Wednesday, December 26, 2012
China says it will maintain prudent monetary policy in 2013

BEIJING, China – China’s new Communist Party leaders promised Sunday to be ready to…

by Joe McDonald, The Associated Press - Sunday, December 16, 2012
Groceries are getting ever pricier. Blame China?

Our three-part investigation into food price hikes

by Andrew Hepburn - Thursday, December 13, 2012
FIPA’s worst critics, speaking anonymously for the PM

Too bad there wasn’t some sort of treaty to protect Canadian investors in China … hey waitaminnit —

by Paul Wells - Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Nexen and Progress Energy takeovers timeline

The important events leading to the final decision

by Chris Sorensen - Friday, December 7, 2012
Why would I want to sell?

A freeway in China is built around one couple’s home (with picture)

by Nancy Macdonald - Thursday, December 6, 2012
Stephen Harper seems to have read that Justin Trudeau op-ed

The Prime Minister does not often bother with any questions beyond the initial opposition…

by Aaron Wherry - Tuesday, November 20, 2012
‘It is in Canada’s interest’

Justin Trudeau makes the case for approving the CNOOC takeover of Nexen.
Why is…

by Aaron Wherry - Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Harper’s secret Asia policy: much like his public Asia policy

Paul Wells considers the government’s master plan on China

by Paul Wells - Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Singles Day: China’s quirky holiday becomes one of the world’s busiest online shopping days

BEIJING, China – Lei Shujie, a designer in Shanghai, piled up a wish list for Sunday, a quirky holiday dubbed “Singles Day” that has grown into China’s — and possibly the world’s — busiest online shopping day.

by The Associated Press - Sunday, November 11, 2012
Political change will be spurred from bottom, not top, in China: Harper

MANILA, Philippines – The people of China, not its leadership, will be the ones to fuel democratic reform in that country, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Saturday.

by Jennifer Ditchburn - Saturday, November 10, 2012
A global tour of carbon pricing

As noted yesterday, Stephen Harper is presently in India, a country that has a…

by Aaron Wherry - Tuesday, November 6, 2012
James Bezan Maverick Watch

Within this tale of small town politics, is the news that James Bezan briefly…

by Aaron Wherry - Monday, November 5, 2012
Friday night special

Christian Paradis announces that the Harper government is extending the review period for the…

by Aaron Wherry - Friday, November 2, 2012
The Commons: Fear of a red planet

The Scene…. And so the fate of the nation seems to be found

by Aaron Wherry - Thursday, November 1, 2012
China’s America problem

China-bashing is all the rage in the U.S. Beijing is pushing back

by Chris Sorensen - Monday, October 29, 2012