Rob | December 2, 2009
Well, after all my griping about how hard it is to get the time of day from anybody in Canada on China, the sought-after day is upon us. Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada has arrived in China. And good on him. According to the Global Times,
“Harper is the last leader of the Group of [...]
Rob | November 27, 2009
In a short note, the China Daily reported that Wen Jiabao will attend climate change negotiations in Copenhagen.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/2009-11/26/content_9058050.htm
BEIJING: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will attend the climate summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, next month.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang made the announcement on Thursday at a regular press conference.
How will other world leaders (especially political ones) view this?
Rob | November 27, 2009
After vehemently denying attendance at Copenhagen without a formal meeting of leaders planned, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has decided that he will attend the conference after all. Sadly, it seems that this only has to do with the reports that US President Barack Obama will attend the conference, rather than any particular reason of [...]
Rob | November 26, 2009
We’re not yet exactly sure when we’ll be on site, but what we’ll be covering with keen interest is any talk or progress on biofuels, low carbon fuel standards and carbon registries. We’ll also be observing with great interest any talks on the fate of Arctic peoples.
Four streams:
Biofuels
Forest-based products
grassland conversion and land use change
second generation [...]
Rob | September 26, 2009
Well, after at least a week of online haiatus, and repeated calls to the embassy and foreign affairs Canada and others, Canada’s national portal, http://canada.gc.ca is back online in China, available on all my various devices and in all sorts of locations.
At the height of this ridiculous blockage in China, I couldn’t access Canada’s website in [...]
