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Boom Boom
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posted 09 September 2005 01:18 PM
Prime Minister Mr. Paul Martin and China leader Mr. Hu Jintao are continuing in their Press Conference as I type. Mr. Jintao in response to questions from the media said that Canada and China have just signed a trade agreement whose purpose is to expand Canada - China trade from $15 billion at present to $30 billion by the year 2010; that the Dalai Lama can not speak for the people of Tibet in any meaningful way until he reverses his advocation of a separate Tibet; that Taiwan by international consensus is undoubtedly a part of the One China as is Tibet and which history can confrim. Mr. Martin stated that Canada will make advancement human rights in China a necessary component of trade between Canada - China. Mr. Jintao said human rights are already written into China's governing Constitution (not sure I got this wording exactly right). I had expected Mr. Jintao to counter Mr. Martin by asking about the advancement of human rights for Canada's aboriginal peoples, but I haven't heard that raised yet. Mr. Jintao is being very sincere but firm.edited to add: Mr. Jintao stated that Canada's trade with China amounts to 3.6% of our total; while China's trade with Canada amounts to only 1.5% of their total. Mr. Jintao gave the current population of China as 1.5 billion (I thought China's official current population was 1.2 billion). I hope I got this all exactly right; please correct me if I have made any grievous error. The text from the closed captioning person - three languages to decipher (Chinese, English, French) are making the CC'er's job very difficult) [ 09 September 2005: Message edited by: Boom Boom ]
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Hugo the Liberator
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posted 11 September 2005 12:30 PM
I agree they're confusing.My rule is to use the first name as a surname unless the first name is not a Chinese one. For instance: Leung Kwok-hung is Leung while Emily Lau is Lau. [ 11 September 2005: Message edited by: Hugo the Liberator ]
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