By Tylor Anderson On Nov 15, at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco, Minister Mary Ng stated that the resumption of trade talks with India hinges on their cooperation in investigating the killing of Canadian citizen Hardeep Singh Nijjar on Canadian soil. The incident, occurring on June 18 in a Sikh temple …
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Please click here to sign the statement. In the face of the urgent risk of losing the only two Chinese community social service centres in Québec, the Chinese Family Services of Greater Montreal and the Centre Sino-Québec, the undersigned organizations are proud to participate in the Coalition to Save Chinese Québec Institutions (Coalition pour …
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Canada, and Qingdao in Shandong Province, China, have maintained continuous interaction. Even during the pandemic, economic and cultural cooperation between the two cities never ceased. With the easing of restrictions in 2023, the interaction between the two cities has become more active. To celebrate the 15th anniversary of their sisterhood, starting from August 2023, …
He is a foreign cross talk actor who has appeared on the stage of our Spring Festival Gala. He is the apprentice of Jiang Kun, the master of cross talk, and was named one of the top ten outstanding youths in Beijing. Once made a huge contribution to the cultural exchanges between China and Canada, …
For more information on the Canada-China Scholars’ Exchange Program, please visit the EduCanada website. by EduCanada A CCSEP alumnus from Canada, Mark Rowswell, better known by his Chinese stage name Dashan, performed Xiangsheng, a form of traditional Chinese crosstalk comedy, in Shanghai in 1990. A Canadian young man studying in China fell in …
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Classes offer chance to socialize, share culture and resources. by Melody Jacobson The 40-minute fitness classes are offered twice a week by the Yarrow Intergenerational Society for Justice. (Ben Nelms/CBC) The stores and offices on the second floor of the Sun Wah Centre don’t open for another two hours, but over 40 seniors are in …
Exercise classes connect immigrant seniors and youth in heart of Vancouver’s Chinatown Read More »
Witnesses say staff at city-owned mall tried to stop seniors, used insensitive language, summoned police. by Michelle Gomez Posted: Jun 27, 2023 Organizers and witnesses say mall management, accompanied by a mall security officer, asked the seniors to leave and called a police officer to the scene. (Stephanie Leo) The City of Vancouver …
“I gravitated towards baseball mainly because you got to see faces that look like yours,” said one fan. By Kimberly Yam Hideo Nomo, Hideki Matsui, and Byung-Hyun Kim. In an unusually frigid Tuesday in April back in 2003, a newly minted New York Yankees baseball player stepped onto the field during the team’s home …
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The flourishing of diversity is an essential facet in the profound beauty that our world rightfully deserves. by Revin Chen Kimberly Yam, the Asian Voices editor at HuffPost, recently shared a post detailing her personal growth journey and shedding light on the unique challenges faced by minorities. While many of us are familiar with …
Embracing Identity: A Journey from Self-Doubt to Self-Love Read More »
Men from southern China came along with the earliest non-indigenous migrants to what later became British Columbia, for instance as carpenters and ship’s crew on-board former British naval officer John Meares’ private expedition from Macau in 1788 to (unsuccessfully) establish a trading fort in Nuu-chal-nuth territory on what is now known as Vancouver Island. When …
Historical Background of Anti-Chinese Discrimination in British Columbia Read More »