Archive for the ‘China’ Category

Sign here for the pandas, please

- March 26th, 2013

It’s not every day I get to sign for a #panda

China’s new leaders issue first great directive: Stamp out pomp!

- December 5th, 2012
RedCarpets

BEIJING – China’s leaders are banning the red carpets and brass bands. I snapped this pic in the Great Hall of the People in February during Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s most recent visit there.

When I first heard this, I thought it was a piece by The Onion or some satirical news site. But no, it appears that China’s leaders have gotten some sort of message. Here’s the Daily Telegraph‘s man in Beijing, Malcolm Moore:

[China's Communist] Party leaders Read more…

The Chinese are coming! The Chinese are coming! And that’s a good thing.

- October 10th, 2012

The line story in The Vancouver Sun today caught my eye …

Vancouver Sun A1 October 10, 2012

and  so I tweeted: Read more…

Meanwhile in the South China Sea: China moves its warships

- May 12th, 2012

Hong Kong’s largest circulation English daily newspaper reports:

China has sent five warships to the disputed Scarborough Shoal off the west coast of the Philippines with the warning that Beijing is ready for “any escalation” of the conflict. Read more…