(OnePacificNews, October 24 2018, Wednesday) — China’s Vice President Wang Qishan is in Israel this week to boost bilateral ties and learn about the Start-Up Nation’s innovation culture and the reasons behind its technological prowess. The two countries have seen a blossoming in economic ties and people exchange since the ambitious President Xi Jinping took […]
READ MORENg Weng Hoong OnePacificNews, October 19 2018, Friday Foreign Policy magazine has published a commentary, Nowhere to Run in Xi’s China, about how Beijing’s promotion of its President and his teachings has reached deep into every corner of the country. The author, Edward Cavanough, raises points that are all true. But it’s incomplete and is in […]
READ MOREWill Tao’s thoughtful comment omitted from Metro Vancouver ‘voter-fraud’ story
admin October 16, 2018 0 COMMENTS(OnePacificNews, October 16, 2018, Tuesday) — StarMetro yesterday published a front-page story about an alleged vote-buying scandal to “encourage” Metro Vancouver residents to vote ethnic Chinese candidates in the October 20 civic election. Writing in Mandarin on WeChat, someone at the Canada Wenzhou Friendship Society had made a ‘transportation subsidy’ offer of $20 to boost […]
READ MORENg Weng Hoong OnePacificNews, October 15 2018, Monday A week after US President Donald Trump pushed through a new North America trade agreement, China announced the arrest of yet another senior official on suspicion of taking bribes. The events don’t seem related but Beijing’s handling of Meng Hongwei’s arrest will underline why reducing China’s involvement […]
READ MOREOnePacificNews, October 7, 2018 * In a rush to blame foreign money, BC risks driving away much-needed capital. Part one of two. The law of unintended consequences When Chinese national Jing Li bought a Burnaby townhome in 2016, she quite reasonably thought she’d be treated like anyone else. Instead, the University of Saskatchewan student was […]
READ MOREOnePacificNew, October 6, 2018 * In a rush to blame foreign money, BC risks driving away much-needed capital. Part one of two. Despite the slew of new taxes and anti-demand measures launched by the province and the city, Vancouver’s housing prices have not fallen to “affordable” levels. The public is frustrated. In two recent surveys, Insights […]
READ MOREB.C.’s Attorney General slams racist letter but doubles down on ‘Dirty Money’ report
admin October 6, 2018 0 COMMENTSOnePacificNews, October 6 2018, Saturday Ng Weng Hoong It’s been over three months since British Columbia’s attorney general, David Eby, released his sensational Dirty Money (1) report claiming Metro Vancouver’s housing market is being driven by casino-laundered money and the deadly opioid trade. Former Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officer Peter German, commissioned by the […]
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