Chinese in Vancouver

Dalai Lama has lost control of the Tibet campaign

Although I'm disappointed in the way China has been doing with its Olympic PR, I am also disgusted at the amount of violence shown by pro-Tibet protesters. They are not insulting China, but the...

Total despair

The recent playout of events happening in China has had me completely disappointed towards the Hu Jintao-Wen Jiabao administration, which I used to invest a lot of hope that they might bring changes...

Dalai Lama: Tibet issue has nothing to do with the West

Leave the problem to the Hans and Tibetans After a recent string of violent events happened in Tibet which fanned into some seemingly uncontrollable anti-China, anti-Olympic sentiments worldwide,...

Dalai Lama: Tibet issue is between Tibetans and Hans, nothing with the West

In an recent exclusive interview with the highly acclaimed Yazhou Zhoukan (trans: Asia Weekly), the Dalai Lama said that everything about the Tibet issue has nothing to do with the West. It's an...

Vancouver housing bubble will burst after 2010: expert

The Province - A housing expert figures the Vancouver housing bubble will burst after the 2010 Olympics. Steve Pomeroy said people are buying properties, hoping to flip them before the Games, which...

Harper to skip Beijing Olympics opening ceremonies

Whew... finally he has a decision. We have been asking for months if Harper would go to Beijing... Jason Kenney gave us a "ha ha ha" and David Emerson said "ask the PMO"....

Vancouver home sales slip 16% in March 2008

REBGV release – The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that while there were fewer housing sales in March 2008 compared to last year, residential prices continued to climb. ...

Despite slower sales, home prices still climbing

Royal LePage release - House prices in Vancouver and Victoria continued to climb during the first quarter of 2008 due to strong local and international buyer demand, according to a House Price Survey...

Once upon a time, China and the US were friends

My colleague sent me these documentaries tonight... very educational. The series is called "Why We Fight the Battle of China", produced by the US War Department at about 1944. Sigh......

The concept of 'sovereignty' and the root of Tibet controversy

I found an interesting, easy-to-read article in Open Democracy, written by Dibyesh Anand. The article touches on the recent history of the Tibet issue and the psychology of all sides involved in this...