What China Can Teach Facebook
The Wall Street Journal – May 18, 2012
Facebook has a proven track record of dominating new markets, and it may still prove able to conquer China’s crowded social-networking space if it ever opens up in the country…..READ MORE
China to Boost Intellectual Property Rights
Toronto Sun News – March 28, 2012
China’s vice premier promised Apple chief executive officer Tim Cook that the country would boost intellectual property protection….READ MORE
China Eyes Canadian Uranium Mines
The Global and Mail News – March 21, 2012
Takeover activity is poised to heat up in the Canadian uranium sector as energy-hungry China hunts for feedstock to fuel its growing family of nuclear reactors….READ MORE
Global Economy on Road to Recovery but No Room for Mistakes: IMF
Reuters News – March 18, 2012
Ms. Lagarde said that China’s yuan could become a reserve currency in the future, adding that the country needed a roadmap for a stronger, more flexible exchange rate system…READ MORE
China Now Owns A $17 Billion Stake In North America’s Energy Industry
EconomyWatch News – March 7, 2012
China is slowly gaining a foothold into the US and Canada oil and natural gas industry, as Chinese companies continue to scoop up minority stakes and joint ventures with North American oil companies…READ MORE
China Cuts GDP Target Seeking Sustainable Growth
Bloomberg News – March 5, 2012
China pared the nation’s economic growth target to 7.5 percent from an 8 percent goal in place since 2005, a signal that leaders are determined to cut reliance on exports and capital spending in favor of consumption…READ MORE
China Faces Conflict in Dispute over iPad Trademark
CTV News – Feb 20, 2012
Chinese officials face a choice in Apple’s dispute with a local company over the iPad trademark…READ MORE
10 Canada-China Deals: One Big One and a ‘Blizzard’
CBC News – Feb 8, 2012
Here are a few details of the major investment deal coming soon between Canada and China, as well as a list of what CBC chief political correspondent Terry Milewski calls a “small blizzard of incremental agreements,” signed in Beijing on Wednesday…READ MORE
Canada’s Ambassador to China Does a Little Drive-By Diplomacy
Globe and Mail – Jan 30, 2012
A Toyota Camry isn’t usually the type of car that turns heads. It certainly isn’t considered a flashy ride on the streets of Beijing, where Audis, BMWs, and Mercedes SUVs dominate where three-wheeled rickshaws once ruled…READ MORE
Harper to Visit China again as Relationship Warms
The Montreal Gazette – Jan 12, 2012
Bilateral trade has tripled since 2001, but PM is looking to further increase petroleum exports…READ MORE
PetroChina Takes Control of MacKay River Oilsands Project
The Toronto Star – Jan 3, 2012
Athabasca Oilsands Corp. has decided to sell its remaining 40 percent stake in the MacKay River oilsands project to joint-venture partner PetroChina, giving a Chinese oil giant full control of an oilsands asset for the first time…READ MORE
China Petrochemical Corp. Completes Purchase of Canada’s Daylight Energy
Bloomberg – Dec 23, 2011
China Petrochemical Corp., the nation’s biggest refiner, completed the purchase of Canada’s Daylight Energy Ltd. (DAY) for about $2.2 billion, the company said in an emailed press release today…READ MORE
Telefilm, Canadian Movies to Tap Chinese Market
Globe and Mail – Dec 4, 2011
Telefilm Canada and the Whistler Film Society (WFSS) are establishing a coproduction initiative with the state-run China Film Group…READ MORE
Chinese Investors Want to Be Wanted in Canada
Globe and Mail – Nov 23, 2011
It has been a year since a hostile takeover of Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. was vetoed under the Investment Canada Act…READ MORE
China Tops Canada as No. 1 U.S. Farm Export Market
Reuters – Nov 10, 2011
China, the world’s largest importer of cotton and soybeans, has topped Canada to become the No. 1 market for U.S. farm exports for the first time, the Agriculture Department said on Thursday…READ MORE
Minister Oliver Promotes Canadian Energy in China
The Wall Street Journal – Nov 9, 2011
“My mission to China is clear. I have come to raise awareness of the strength of Canada’s natural resources sectors”…READ MORE
Chinese Coin Found in Yukon Evidence of Early East-West Link
The Vancouver Sun – Nov 1, 2011
A 340-year old coin from China has been unearthed by archeologists near a planned Yukon gold mine, shedding fresh light on historic trade links between 17th-century Chinese merchants, Russian fur traders and first nations in the northwest corner of North America…READ MORE
China’s New Pension Rules Hit Foreign Firms in the Wallet
Globe and Mail Blog – Oct 31, 2011
Doing business in China is about to get a lot more difficult for foreign companies. Earlier this month the Chinese government quietly passed new regulations requiring all foreign employees and their employers to pay into its national social security benefits program…READ MORE
U.S. Solar Panel Makers Seek Duties Against China
Reuters – Oct 19, 2011
American solar panel makers asked the U.S. government on Wednesday to impose stiff duties on Chinese-made solar energy companies products that they said unfairly undercut prices and destroy thousands of American jobs…READ MORE
China-Canada Investment Deal in the Works
CBC News – Oct 13, 2011
Canada and China are creeping closer to signing an agreement that would set investment rules and guide dispute resolution for investors, International Trade Minister Ed Fast said Thursday…READ MORE
US, Canada Lumber Exports to China May Double to Record
Bloomberg – Oct 5, 2011
The U.S. and Canada may export a record $2.6 billion in lumber and logs to China this year, double the total of 2010, said Hakan Ekstrom, the president of industry researcher Wood Resources International LLC… READ MORE
Canada Moving towards Trade Pact with China: Minister
The Vancouver Sun – Oct 3, 2011
Federal Trade Minister Ed Fast says he’s concerned “protectionism is on the rise” amid economic turmoil, but is confident Canada will soon ink a key trade deal with China and complete negotiations with the European Union in 2012… READ MORE
Vancouver Film Industry Looks to Lucrative Chinese Market
Globe and Mail – Sep 27, 2011
It’s feeling very much like Hollywood North in Vancouver these days: Russell Crowe, here for the new Superman film Man of Steel, joined Keith Urban onstage at Rogers Arena Monday night… READ MORE
Bank of Nova Scotia to Build Wholesale Business in China, CEO Says
Bloomberg – Sep 21, 2011
Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS, BNS.T) plans to build its wholesale banking business in China, Chief Executive Rick Waugh said Wednesday… READ MORE
Regulator Probing Sino-Forest Says Canada Should Discuss Reverse Takeovers
Bloomberg – Sep 14, 2011
The head of Canada’s largest regulator, investigating fraud allegations at Sino-Forest Corp. (TRE), said the country needs to discuss whether reverse takeovers are appropriate for Toronto-listed companies that have operations overseas… READ MORE
China’s Bohong to buy Canada’s Wescast
Reuters – Sep 6, 2011
Wescast Industries (WCSa.TO) said on Tuesday it agreed to be bought for about C$13.60 a share by China’s Sichuan Bohong Industry Co, a deal valuing the Canadian auto parts maker at about C$80 million ($81 million)…. READ MORE
