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Vancouver Mayor, distant relation of Dr. Bethune, visits China
Vancouver’s Mayor Gregor Robertson is in China this week, along with a group of “green” business people. Mayor Robertson is a distant relation of Canadian, Dr Norman Bethune. An article in a local paper last week, gloated over the opportunities that will be presented to Vancouver’s “green” industries. One of the individuals on this trade delegation was...
coming to giant Imax screen: John Woo’s “Flying Tigers”
We had earlier written a post about the American volunteer fighter group, the “Flying Tigers“. Now we’ve just learned an epic production is in the works for the large format Imax screen, and will be partnered by respected Chinese-American director John Woo and his long time friend, producer Terence Chang. From the Hollywood reporter: Imax to partner on...
forget Hongcouver, here comes Chinada
Story out of the Globe and Mail this week, about wealthy Chinese participating in real estate tours to purchase Canadian properties. Looks like déja vu all over again. Canada for Sale! Hongcouver 香哥華 Remember “Hongcouver” (earlier posting here), when the Hong Kong Chinese were snapping up real estate in Vancouver in anticipation of the fear that was...
Flying Tigers
A few weeks back, a relation was reminiscing about the contributions of the early Chinese to Canada. How we had to struggle to earn our place today. We had also met a respected WWII vet, Mr. Glen Wong, who had served for Canada, and the conversation captured the difficulties the Chinese had during the early years...
have no fear, Panda bear is here…
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Last year, we heard a rumour that Vancouver’s Chinatown was toying with the idea of having a mascot. Yes, a mascot. We had thought it was someone’s cruel practical joke at discrediting certain individuals when we had first received a copy of a proposal to an RFP (request for proposal) by the city. Nice to learn that...
repost: How to rip off Chinese immigrants
In the exuberance of the Vancouver winter Olympic games, the opportunists are starting to show their ugly behinds. Just this week, a few emails appeared in the UGLY Chinese Canadian’s IN Box, written in both Chinese and English about Easy Immigration to Canada. The marketing material shows an address in Vancouver’s downtown, in one of our...
Jook Sings 竹升: aka bananas, white Chinks, CbCs
A few weeks back, a friend of mine gave me a puzzled look when I mentioned to her, “…your kids will be like me, a Jook Sing“. She had no clue what I was referring to. Then it dawned on me. The term may not be familiar to the most recent wave of Chinese emigrants to Canada… the...
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Vancouver Mayor, distant relation of Dr. Bethune, visits China
Vancouver's Mayor Gregor Robertson is in China this week, along ...
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coming to giant Imax screen: John Woo’s “Flying Tigers”
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Website shares untold history of Canada’s national railway
The following article was published by the Vancouver Sun, Saturday, ...
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The Ties that Bind: virtual exhibition rewrites Canada’s history
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50 years of Filipino-Canadian history
Yesterday's post on "reason no. 77, why I love Vancouver", ...
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Reason #77 why I love Vancouver
by David
It's been a very beautiful summer here on the ...
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Chinese ‘languages’ still at each others’ throats
Chinese "languages"?
No. It's actually, Chinese dialects.
But to the outside observer, ...
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