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Published: November 4, 2024
Written by: The Honourable Yuen Pau Woo

As a Senator, I have privilege and protections, not to mention a thick skin, to fend off such baseless claims, but I worry deeply about other Chinese Canadians who are vulnerable to the attacks of activist groups which, in the name of human rights and other noble causes, have no compunction in pointing the finger at anyone who holds a different view from theirs. There is no reason to believe that they, and others, will stop making reckless claims against innocent Canadians, emboldened as they have been by the Inquiry and by the privileged position that they occupied in its hearings. This is where your report can play a vital role in calling out reckless allegations. Failure to do so will not only mean further stigmatization of individuals and organizations; it will also expose them to the risk of prosecution under the draconian provisions of C-70.

Hence, the Commission has a vital role to play not only in revealing to Canadians the FI that may have taken place in recent years, but in also detailing and debunking false or exaggerated claims of FI that have become rampant. Not addressing unsubstantiated claims will only make the challenge of addressing genuine FI greater, because of the distraction caused by false claims, and the loss of public trust that will ensue.

U.S. President Donald Trump‘s threats to impose tariffs on imports from China could send shockwaves through global supply chains that experts warn could raise prices on everything from big-ticket household goods to dollar store purchases in Canada.

Since Trump‘s re-election in November, Canadian officials have been largely focused on a response to his threats to impose sweeping tariffs of 25 per cent on all goods entering the country from Canada and Mexico.

But North America isn‘t Trump‘s only target: the president also threatened to impose 10 per cent tariffs on all goods entering the U.S. from China on the same date. Previously, he‘s threatened even loftier tariffs of up to 60 per cent on Chinese imports.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday vowed to hit the European Union with tariffs and said his administration was discussing a 10% punitive duty on Chinese imports because fentanyl is being sent from China to the U.S. via Mexico and Canada.
Trump voiced his latest tariff threats in remarks to reporters at the White House a day after taking office without immediately imposing tariffs as he had promised during his campaign.

Financial markets and trade groups exhaled briefly on Tuesday, but his latest comments underscored Trump's longstanding desire for broader duties and a new Feb. 1 deadline for 25% tariffs against Canada and Mexico, as well as duties on China and the EU.

For most people in the U.S. and China, what they hear about each other‘s countries comes mostly from their governments and the media. Now they are learning directly from each other, at least for now.

The excitement is palpable on the Chinese social media platform RedNote, or Xiaohongshu (“Little Red Book”) as it‘s known in Chinese, after a wave of American users set up accounts in recent days. The self-described “TikTok refugees” are seeking a replacement for the short-form video app as it faces a U.S. ban stemming from concerns over ties between TikTok‘s owner, Beijing-based ByteDance, and the Chinese government.

Published: January 20, 2025
Written by: The Associated Press

Myanmar‘s military government and a major ethnic rebel group in the country‘s northeast have signed a formal ceasefire agreement, mediator China said Monday.

The ceasefire between the military and the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), which seized large tracts of territory along the border with China, is the second such pact in little over a year and came into effect on Saturday. A previous pact in January last year was not honored by either side.

The new ceasefire was brokered by China in mid-January, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said at a daily briefing in Beijing.

China is the most important foreign ally of Myanmar‘s military rulers, who took power after ousting the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021. The takeover led to nationwide peaceful protests that escalated into civil war.

The Panama Canal “was not a gift” from the US, Panama‘s President Jose Raul Mulino said on Wednesday in response to Trump‘s threat to seize control of the strategic waterway. Beijing, meanwhile, rejected the US president‘s assertion that it is effectively in control of the canal.

Trump has previously refused to rule out military action to take control of the canal, which the US opened in 1914 to provide a trade route linking its east and west coasts but handed to Panama in 1999.

During his inauguration on Monday, the US president repeated his complaint that China was effectively “operating” the canal, which was “foolishly given to Panama,” thanks to a growing presence around the waterway,

Published: January 13, 2025
Written by: Ken Moritsugu

Sales of traditional gasoline and diesel-powered vehicles sank 17% in 2024, from 14 million to 11.6 million. They accounted for 51% of overall new car sales.

Plug-in hybrids saw the most rapid growth in 2024, attracting a second generation of electric vehicle buyers who are nervous about buying pure EVs or looking for the more extended range that hybrids can provide.

Sinking demand for fuel-powered cars has proven to be a harsh blow for foreign automakers such as Volkswagen AG and Nissan Motor Corp. that for years have counted on strong demand in China to burnish their bottom lines.

They are scrambling to develop electric vehicles for the Chinese market. Honda and Nissan recently announced plans to pursue a merger in part to meet the challenge of China's rising EV makers.

United States President Donald Trump is seemingly using TikTok, a popular social media platform owned by Chinese tech company ByteDance, as a bargaining chip for Sino-US economic and trade relations, experts and market insiders said on Tuesday.

And a forced stake selloff through the use of political pressure deviates from the principles of market economy and fair competition, they said.

They said the US government uses so-called national security threats as an excuse to contain and crack down on Chinese companies operating in the US, which not only harms the legitimate rights and interests of these enterprises, but also disrupts healthy market order and impedes global economic growth.

On January 22, the Kitchen God Festival, also known as the Little New Year in the Chinese lunar calendar, sparked various celebrations, as Chinese people start to make preparations for the Spring Festival.   On the same day, the "2025 Beijing Colorful New Year Lantern Carnival" opened at the Beijing Garden Expo Park, covering over 850 acres. This event set a new record for the largest venue in the history of Beijing's Spring Festival celebrations, featuring over 100,000 lanterns, more than 1,000 types of specialty foods, and over 500 performances and parades, providing a diverse Spring Festival experience for citizens and tourists.

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