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[GB] Liberals’ management of Olympic economy a total mess

Chinese in Vancouver -- Guest blogger: Gabriel Yiu, former BC NDP candidate for Vancouver FraserviewTo clearly stand out a guest blogger entry, all such headlines will begin with [GB]. The BC Liberals often claimed that economic development and management are their strengths but this bubble is bursting right in front of our eyes. BC’s economic performance record was second last in Canada last year and the number of jobs ...     11-18
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Asians’ desire to migrate not as high as expected: poll

Chinese in Vancouver -- Very interesting article from the Asia Pacific Post. What does this poll means? It means we are still the best-loved destination for international migration. Asians have the least desire to migrate About 45 million people would like to move to Canada and make a new life here, a global poll on migration desires showed. Those yearning for Canadaare among16% of the world’s adults or roughly 700 milli...     11-14
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Photos – Olympic Torch Relay, alternative carrying modes

Chinese in Vancouver -- Perhaps the most exciting and most original part of the Canadian Olympic torch relay is that the torch is carried by alternative mode of transportation across the country. This is really smart. With the torch being transported by different modes of means, it ensures photos generated from each day of the longest domestic torch relay ever will be unique and photogenic. I will try to continuously pos...     11-10
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100 days countdown to the Games

Chinese in Vancouver -- A man wears Olympic mittens as he photographs the Olympic countdown clock displaying 100 days until the start of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, B.C., on Wednesday November 4, 2009. (CP)2010 Olympic torch relay warms up frigid Yukon village THE CANADIAN PRESS OLD CROW, YukonThe 2010 Olympic torch warmed up this frigid Arctic community Wednesday as it was carried into a town c...     11-10
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Peter Chao controversy: love it or hate it

Chinese in Vancouver -- this guys from vancouver. :)Tags: Peter Chao, Video     11-10
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Vancouver home prices keep rising in Oct 2009

Chinese in Vancouver -- REBGV release – Strong demand has led to a steady rise in Greater Vancouver home prices compared to last year. Over the last 12 months, the MLSLink® Housing Price Index (HPI) benchmark price for all residential properties in Greater Vancouver increased 6.8% to $553,702 from $518,668 in October 2008. “While home prices have been rising in 2009, they have not eclipsed the peaks reached in early 2008...     11-10
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[GB] Whose interest does the Fraser Institute serve?

Chinese in Vancouver -- Guest blogger: Gabriel Yiu, former BC NDP candidate for Vancouver FraserviewTo clearly stand out a guest blogger entry, all such headlines will begin with [GB]. A recent book against Asian immigrants published by the right-wing research organization, the Fraser Institute, has raised concerns among the general public, to such a point that federal Immigration minister Jason Kenney had to draw a line...     11-10
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[GB] From 1949 to 2009 – some notes made on reflection

Chinese in Vancouver -- Guest blogger: Gabriel Yiu, former BC NDP candidate for Vancouver FraserviewTo clearly stand out a guest blogger entry, all such headlines will begin with [GB]. The recent visit of the Taiwanese academic and public intellectual, Professor Lung Ying-tai, created quite a splash in the immigrant communities from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.Her two public lectures at UBC were delivered to a full house...     11-10
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Auditor general denies government’s claimed success of immigration reform

Chinese in Vancouver -- Auditor General of Canada Sheila Fraser tables the 2009 Fall Report in Ottawa, Ont., Tuesday November 3, 2009. (CP) Auditor general Sheila Fraser opened fire against the govs immigration reform today (full OAG report). While CIC has said that it has cleared 30% of backlog within a year,Fraser says the drop was only 6.5%. Whose accounting should we trust? Reforms to fast track skilled immigrants a ...     11-10
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Taiwan Pride

Chinese in Vancouver -- From what I gather, this is stilll Asias only pride parade?? Taiwanese should be proud of themselves.Taiwanese men and women revel through the streets during the gay and lesbian parade, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009, in Taipei, Taiwan. Thousands of gay and lesbian Taiwanese took to the streets showing Taiwans acceptance of alternative lifestyles and activities from traditional ways of Chinese life. (AP)...     11-01
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At long last…. Harper to vist China in Dec

Chinese in Vancouver -- PMO announced the long-overdue Harpers visit to China, which will happen in Dec. Remember the Tories have always been saying that Harper will be visiting China in November, around the time of APEC? Well, since Obama has confirmed a trip to China in mid-Nov, guess Canada couldnt compete with our southern neighbour? ;) PRIME MINISTER STEPHEN HARPER TO TRAVEL TO CHINA OTTAWA – Prime Minister Stephen ...     11-01
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Beijing, Beijing

Chinese in Vancouver -- Hello guys, just came back from Hong Kong and Beijing. What a good holiday, though it went too fast, as usual. :) Now Im back home, should pick up writing again. Here are some photos I took of Beijing: beijing 2009First of all, Id like to talk about my Beijing trip. This is the second time I visit Beijing, the first one in 1990, right after the Tiananmen Massacre. As everyone can imagine, Beijing ...     11-01
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Harper sings along

Chinese in Vancouver -- How do you like it? Tags: Stephen HarperRelated postsIts Chinas 60th anniversary.. did Canada say happy birthday? (14) Letter: Upcoming choiceCoalition compromise or ideological intolerance (4) Group sues Harper over 2008 election call (0) Harpers awakening China policy, Globes interpretation (0) VideoPM under fire for pocketing a communion wafer (2)     10-08
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It’s China’s 60th anniversary.. did Canada say ‘happy birthday’?

Chinese in Vancouver -- (Photo released by the PMO; Harper met Hu Jintao during G8 in Pittsburgh) The Conservatives might appear courting China in recent monthsId say especially, reluctantly after the recession. The PMO even released a photo seeing PM Harper chatting happily with Chinas president Hu Jintao in the recent G8 summit in Pittsburgh. Conservative propaganda machine boasted about that being a sign of a better C...     10-03
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It’s Joe vs Alice in Richmond

Chinese in Vancouver -- (Sorry for not updating. Am going to HK for a month so much to finish before I take my annual holiday.) Anyway, thiss just in: Mason Loh loses his nomination bid in Richmond (see previous story). Joe Peschisolido gets it. Raymond Chan loses out in first round rumour is that his ballots are then thrown behind Joe.Joe didnt expect to win. He wasnt in the room when the results were announced.Alice Wo...     10-03
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Political ’show-hand’ poker

Chinese in Vancouver -- After two weeks of intense election-no-election drama in Ottawa, its obviously by now that we will not have a fall election. Ignatieff has shown hes a gambler, and he has strategically changed the ecological environment in Ottawa. Now after years of being battered as being the lower hand, the Liberals are now completely on the offensive.Ignatieff must have been a good poker player. He dare to make...     10-03
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Letter: Upcoming choice – Coalition compromise or ideological intolerance

Chinese in Vancouver -- Dear editor, Doesnt Stephen Harper get it?“If we do not get a majority, the Liberals, the NDP and the Bloc Quebecois will combine and they will form a governmentIf we do not win a majority, this country will have a Liberal government propped up by the socialists and the separatists,”Stephen Harper said in Sudbury, where Progressive Conservative Stephen Butcher was bumped as the last Tory candidate...     10-03
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HK media face off Xinjiang officials

Chinese in Vancouver -- Interesting development to the alleged beaten up of HK reporters by Xinjiang paramilitary personnels today high profile, long-term pro-CCP members of HKs legislature and admin councils etc are speaking up against the Xinjiang gov with strong wordings (reported by Apple Daily, in Chinese). The only one who dare not to speak up for HK is Chief Executive Donald Tsang. Shame on him. Hong Kong media re...     10-03
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Comic – Left vs Right

Chinese in Vancouver -- Tags: comicRelated postsComic (0) Comic (0) Comic (0) Comic (0) Comic (0)     10-03
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Lai Changxing: ‘I still don’t believe them’

Chinese in Vancouver -- Lai once said he loved playing the PSP. (file) CIVLai Changxing has broken silence since his ex-wife Tsang Ming Na returned to China a few months ago. He understands that Tsang has been treated well in China, Lai told OMNI TV. Asked if that would encourage him to negotiate a deal with China, Lai said I still dont believe them (Chinese gov). Actually it was the people who investigate the case (Yuan...     10-03
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