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Vancouver School, with BC Teachers, Teaching a BC Curriculum ......in Shanghai
From the Vancouver Sun
A B.C.-certified high school in China is creating a Vancouver resort on a lake near Shanghai, complete with its own Coal H...
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Shane_B |
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BC Model Murdered in Shanghai
From the Vancouver Sun
Grieving family and friends of a 22-year-old Saltspring Island model, found dead Monday in Shanghai, are struggling to fi...
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Shane_B |
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Tibetan-American in Bizarre China Protest in Vancouver -- Puts Arm in Concrete Outside Chinese Consulate
From 24 Hours --
A fine piece of political theatre unfolded on Granville Street yesterday morning when an American-Tibetan protester chained him...
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Canadian_Revolution |
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Should Vancouverites Boycott the 2008 Bejiing Olympics?
On March 22, 2008, Tibetan supporters marched to protest the Chinese crackdown on the Tibet uprising. Some activists are calling for an Olympic boycot...
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Ian_Mack |
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This Just In: We're Awesome
Pat yourselves on the back, CBC news network.
Back in February, you found out you d been blocked by the Great Firewall of China. Harsh and unnec...
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Xander |
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Canadian Students Ordered out of Earthquake Affected China
From CTV.ca
Fears of further earthquakes in Sichuan province of China have forced a B.C. university to order a group of its students to leave the a...
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VanRW |
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Unresolved Death of Amanda Zhao Still Haunts Her Parents Six Years Later
Six years after their daughter was killed in Burnaby, Amanda Zhao's parents have flown all the way from China, and are in Vancouver demanding justice....
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VanRW |
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China Imposes Restricted Internet Access on Foreign Journalists
China was under fire Wednesday in another controversy leading up to next week's Olympic Games, this time after admitting foreign journalists will not ...
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politix_pete |
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Tibet Freedom Torch on way to Vancouver
Vancouver didn't get a chance to celebrate the passing of the Beijing Olympic torch in the same way that cities like London and Paris did. But on Ma...
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Fresca |
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BC Gifts Cedar Arches to Beijing's Canadian Pavillion
From 24 Hours --
While the inside of a Canadian pavilion in Beijing might not be drawing much tourist interest, the outside will be a legacy for...
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Shane_B |
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Faster, higher, smoggier: Can Beijing keep athletes breathing easy?
Will Beijing-bound athletes, who have spent the last four years training for peak performance, see their dreams derailed by smog?
No one knows. Not...
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travelbug |
active:5 days 7 hours ago |
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Pound slams IOC over Net censorship
Former IOC vice-president Dick Pound slammed the IOC on Tuesday for the way censorship of Internet sites by Chinese authorities had been handled ahead...
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Nag_Champa |
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BC Shown Up On Green Policies....by China
From CTVbc.ca
Many people in B.C. like to consider themselves green -- but our province and our country have been shown up by an unlikely environme...
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Shane_B |
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B.C., feds donate $8m for quake aid
Money will go toward homes and shelters in China using our lumber. B.C. wood is going to be used to rebuild homes destroyed in China's massive quake....
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travelbug |
active:1 week 3 days ago |
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0506HK by Quentin Lee on YouTube
The official website for the documentary about Hong Kong that Karen and I saw last year links to the film in 8 parts. [link]...
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Tories blasted on immigration
Usually I don't post party press releases here. But this one is too well said.Conservatives can't be trusted on immigration LPC release The Con...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
active:8 weeks 23 hours ago |
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China wins all 3 ping pong medals
Wow! Quite a scene!Three Chinese flags are raised for gold medalist Zhang Yining, silver medalist Wang Nan, and bronze medalist Guo Yue, during the me...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
active:12 weeks 5 days ago |
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Hanging Out in Beijing (in News)
BC activist Nicole Rycroft on why she dangled a 'Free Tibet' banner -- and herself -- from atop a Beijing billboard. ...
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TheTyee.ca |
active:13 weeks 2 days ago |
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Too tough on China?
A rare article reflecting on the attitude of the west upon China by a columnist at Washington Post (can't help to cross post the entire article here. ...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
active:13 weeks 5 days ago |
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Why can't China's future be left to the Chinese -- not the west?
In a supposedly satiring article posted on CanWest sites today, I found a few lines that I'd like to highlight to our western friends. They were made ...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
active:13 weeks 5 days ago |
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Is Anybody Watching? (in Mediacheck)
The Olympics seem to have lost the race to reality TV. ...
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TheTyee.ca |
active:14 weeks 1 day ago |
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Bravo, Zhang Yimou, on the Olympic opening show; and thank you
Just finished watching the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic. I have to admit, I was stunned, surprised and totally moved. My tears fell s...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
active:14 weeks 5 days ago |
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Hong Kong reporter denied entry to Beijing, travel docs confiscated
(caption: Headline of today's Apple Daily reads Beijing betrays Olympic promise ) Everyone in the Hong Kong media business knows that Apple Daily r...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
active:19 weeks 6 days ago |
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Historic relics at the Shaanxi History Museum
At long last, I'm able to finish sorting out the photos I took from my recent Xi'an trip. One of the most fascinating places I've visited was the Shaa...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
active:20 weeks 9 hours ago |
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Some photos from the Shaanxi History Museum
At long last, I'm able to finish sorting out the photos I took from my recent Xi'an trip. One of the most fascinating places I've visited was the Shaa...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
active:20 weeks 9 hours ago |
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Wind Power Outpaces Nuclear, China Outpaces Itself
A new report issued by the Worldwatch Institute finds that new wind power installations outpaced new nuclear power plant construction by 10-to-1. Gl...
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New Honda is powered by hydrogen, not fossil fuels
Honda Motor of Japan has launched the world's first hydrogen-powered fuel-cell vehicle intended for mass production. Although it will make just 200 ...
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Kunqu's time-honoured innovation
Alexander Varty from Vancouver's The Georgia Straight on the ancient Chinese operatic theatre. [link]...
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Chinatown Opens Donation Depot for Earthquake Victims
On Main Street near Keefer in Vancouver's Chinatown, a storefront has been opened to take donations for victims of China's recent earthquake. They hav...
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Downtown Eastside Enquirer |
active:24 weeks 6 days ago |
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Sharon Stone's own bad karma
Unfortunately, Sharon Stone is not the only one in the West who believes in this karma theory...such as here. As I said before, I believe the China i...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
active:24 weeks 6 days ago |
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Book cites population growth as key driver of global warming
After virtually abandoning the issue for three decades, the environmental movement got a bold reality check this week from a new book highlighting re...
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My China trip: Terracotta warriors
Xi An ( ) has always been on the list of places I want to visit most. The story and mystery behind the terracotta warriors have captivated me and...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
active:25 weeks 4 hours ago |
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My China trip: Terra cotta warriors
Xi An ( ) has always been on the list of places I want to visit most. The story and mystery behind the terracotta warriors have captivated me and...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
active:25 weeks 4 hours ago |
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Chinatown has Donation Depot for Earthquake Victims
On Main Street near Keefer in Vancouver's Chinatown, a storefront has been opened to take donations for victims of China's recent earthquake. They ha...
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Downtown Eastside Enquirer |
active:25 weeks 3 days ago |
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Indian soaps go mainstream on China TV
During my May trip to Xian, China has impressed me on a lot of daily small things. One of them was a TV soap opera. It's a Indian TV soap aired on ...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
active:25 weeks 4 days ago |
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Indian TV goes mainstream on China's channels
One of the small things that China has impressed me during my May trip to Xian was a TV soap opera. It's a Indian TV soap aired on the mainstream C...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
active:25 weeks 4 days ago |
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China politics 101: central vs local governments
Another eye-opening incident happened during the earthquake relief work in the Sichuan area. On Thursday, thousands of quake victims surrounded a...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
active:25 weeks 4 days ago |
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China on road for a more open media policy?
My recent trip to Hong Kong and China have me rethinking a lot of issues. Let me start with the latest thing first. I was in Xian when the mega eart...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
active:26 weeks 4 days ago |
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To the western media: why offended?
Hi guys, I'm back from my vacation. Time to start blahing again :)I know this sounds a little off now but since I've already written it, I'd love to p...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
active:26 weeks 4 days ago |
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Biofuel and Blather: Apologists Try to Pin Ill-advised Farm Subsidy on Al Gore
Corporate apologists, politicians (and their media stooges ) are twisting the language and misrepresenting the truth in an effort to deflect responsib...
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China blamed for master-minding patriotic protests
The Times of India published an editorial title Counter View: Chinese have a right to protest . Quite interesting.....Although the protests may be st...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
active:30 weeks 2 days ago |
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Mind it: it's propaganda from BOTH sides
Daily Kos wrote an in-depth investigation into how the US and Tibetans might have successfully hammered out a propaganda. Please read the article in f...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
active:30 weeks 2 days ago |
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Messing Torch Run plan starts in May 2007!
German-Foreign-Policy.com also published a shocking article detailing backroom events leading up to the Lhasa uprising and recent Olympic torch run di...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
active:30 weeks 4 days ago |
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Here's maybe proof of 'orchestrated violence' in Tibet
Slowly, we are getting more rational analyses from the West looking at what really might have happened in the recent riots in Lhasa and its adjacent a...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
active:30 weeks 6 days ago |
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Gazette: Western media unfair to China
Montreal Gazette - Thousands of Chinese found they were able to access the BBC News website for the first time last week after years of strict censors...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
active:30 weeks 6 days ago |
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China bashing, why?
Finally, a westerner, a former Australian diplomat, is asking his western colleagues to contemplate deeper into why they can be bashing China in such ...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
active:30 weeks 6 days ago |
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Former German chancellor concerns about Western misconceptions
Xinhua - Former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and a leading German expert have voiced their concern over many westerners' misconceptions regarding ...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
active:31 weeks 1 day ago |
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PR disaster, for whom?
On the Olympic torch run disruption, people are saying there is a public relations disaster, but the question is for whom?That's a very good question ...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
active:31 weeks 1 day ago |
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An interview with Macleans
I've got an interview with the Vancouver bureau chief of the Macleans magazine last week. Here's what they've published today on their online version....
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Chinese in Vancouver |
active:31 weeks 2 days ago |
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DeSmogBlog reader's comment prods thinking on World Bank coal-plant loan
The $450-million loan from the International Finance Corporation, a branch of the World Bank, was up-front money for a planned $4 billion, 4,000 mega...
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