Speaking to an elite business crowd in Shanghai, the prime minister delivered a strong public criticism of China’s record on freedom of expression and human rights.
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“Our two countries confirmed the agreement following the first leg of Prime Minister Trudeau’s official visit to China”.
Trudeau said, “Renewing our relationship with China is extremely important for Canada”.
“Our overall goals here are to expand our opportunities together, so we’re keenly interested in hearing about any business that’s looking to expand their footprint”, Morneau said Friday in Shanghai.
“Jack Ma’s model is very successful, I’m just not sure if they can succeed outside of China”.
“Trudeau will take the opportunity to take selfies with local people during his stay here to promote his image to China which will better benefit Canadian interests”, the news outlet reported this week. Both sides will cooperate in climate change, environmental conservation, judicial training, gender equality and support for the United Nations peace-keeping operations, Trudeau added.
“Gentlemen, it’s 2016”, he said. “It gets more lovely every time I come”. During a landmark 1998 visit, Chretien told students at Beijing University that Canadians find it disturbing to “hear of people being harassed or imprisoned for expressing political views different from the government”. He managed to stave off a plan to dramatically restrict Canadian exports of canola to China, and raised human rights issues with leaders behind closed doors, to avoid annoying the host country and allowing it to save face.
The Global Times noted that Canada’s not ideal on human rights itself and that “some indigenous people in Canada still live in miserable conditions”. The item added the “so-called human rights issue” comes from the “West’s long-standing prejudice and arrogance against China”. However, after meeting with Trudeau on Wednesday in Beijing, Li said that China and Canada would be conducting a feasibility study on the possibility of a free trade deal.
“As of this summer, you can fly to Canada from 11 cities here in China, so therefore that’s why need to have more visa application centres”. As you know, it’s a relationship that historically has been close, warm but more recent have been a little more distant or unfocused.
He met with Daniel Lamarre, the CEO of Cirque du Soleil, and his Chinese partner, Fosun, with whom he spoke about the success of the iconic Canadian entertainment company.
“China is Canada’s fastest-growing tourism market, already its third-largest overseas source market for tourists, and Chinese visitors contribute over $1 billion annually to Canada’s economy”.
The move was confirmed by the Canadian Ambassador to China, Guy-Saint Jacques.
Saint-Jacques said Chinese tourist travel to Canada rose 24 per cent in the first six months of this year.
Canadian merchants are hoping a new online storefront via e-commerce giant Alibaba will help them sell more to the rapidly expanding Chinese marketplace.
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After the national parks announcement, Trudeau explored a section of the Great Wall with his wife Sophie Gregoire and their daughter, Ella-Grace.
