Asia Pacific

Looming trade agreement expected to further enhance Canada-Indonesia trade

A subsidiary of China Poly Group, one of China’s biggest state-owned enterprises, has quietly closed its North American office in Richmond and art gallery in downtown Vancouver.

VANCOUVER — Trade between China and Canada hit record levels in 2022, with imports breaking the $100-billion mark for the first time, Statistics Canada data show.

OTTAWA — The federal Liberal government has yet to respond to a months-old invitation from Tokyo to have Canada rejoin a global environmental organization that regulates the timber trade.

International affairs expert Margaret McCuaig-Johnston says premier's message on trade with China in Chinese-language media requires "damage control."

OTTAWA — Two of Canada's former envoys to China say Ottawa is enabling foreign interference on Canadian soil by not launching a registry to track those acting on behalf of other countries.

OTTAWA — Canada has renewed mandatory COVID-19 testing and screening for travellers from China, Hong Kong and Macao for another two months.

OTTAWA — The Chinese government says a motion MPs passed Wednesday to provide asylum to persecuted Uyghurs amounts to political manipulation by Canada.

Some survey respondents don't believe the policy will be effective.

CHIANG MAI, Thailand (AP) — Just a handful of Chinese visitors were posing for photos and basking in the sun this week in the market and plazas near Chiang Mai’s ancient Tha Phae Gate, one of many tourist hotspots still waiting for millions of Chines