Canada PM Met With Bo

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(1) My comment:
(a) Canada prime minister Harper met Chongqing party boss Bo Xilai. Oddly, few is reported about this meeting. Associated Press (3 hours ago), Postmedia News (private; including newspaper National Post and wensite Canada.com; based in Toronto) and many others say little. For instance, the official Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) says this:

Harper's China Visit Ends With Panda Pact; PM officially announces 2 giant pandas coming to Canadian zoos
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/sto ... china-saturday.html
("Harper also met with Bo Xilai, Chongqing's high-profile Communist Party secretary on Saturday, Vallee said. No details of their meeting were immediately available")
(b) The only detailed report I can find is

Stephanie Levitz, Pandas, Politics Wrap Harper's China Trip. Canadian Press, Feb 11, 2012 (6 hours ago).
http://news.ca.msn.com/canada/pa ... -harpers-china-trip
  
(i) The Jewish surname Levitz is Germanized variant of Levitch, which in turn means son of Levy in Ukraine.
(ii) Canadian Press
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Press
(headquartered in Toronto; a private, not-for-profit cooperative, owned and operated by its member newspapers)


(2) Verna Yu, Canadian PM Walks Into Political Drama. South China Morning Post, Feb 11, 2012.
http://topics.scmp.com/news/chin ... nto-political-drama

My comment:
(a) Please read the second half, starting with the parafraph: "While mainland cyberspace was abuzz with reports and rumours about Wang Lijun's visit to the consulate in Chengdu, Bo was in Yunnan on Wednesday and Thursday on what appears to be a 'business as usual' trip."
(b) Chen is "Chen Ziming , a Beijing-based independent political analyst"--an introduction just two paragraphs before my recommended start.
(c) Wednesday was Feb 8, 2012.
(d) The first half focuses on whether PM Harper would be able to meet Mr Bo.

(3)
(a) Mark MacKinnon, Brewing China Scandal Offers Harper a Sino-Reality Check. Globe and Mail (Toronto), Feb 10, 2012.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/n ... eck/article2334141/

Quote:

"Wu Jiaxiang, a former researcher for the Central Committee of the Communist Party who is now an independent academic, said the lack of censorship means that some in Beijing are happy to leave the controversial Mr. Bo twisting in the wind. 'Wang is just a pawn,' he said

"Mr Wang's political career is almost certainly now over, and questions are swirling around Mr. Bo as well.

"The Prime Minister met Friday with Wang Yang, the Communist Party boss in coastal Guangdong province and another rising political star who is considered a contender to join the Standing Committee of the Politburo this fall. Canadian officials said Mr. Harper and Mr. Wang discussed political reforms in the province, including the recent unrest in the village of Wukan, a rare instance of people power in China that saw villagers take to the streets to oust leaders they saw as corrupt and then hold their own elections. Mr Wang has won plaudits for siding with the villagers in the dispute.

My comment:
(i) This is the only detailed account of Harper-Wang meeting that I can find. There is no need to read the rest.
(ii) twist in the wind. Wiktionary, undated.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/twist_in_the_wind
(Check "See also" for synonyms)

(b) An attempt at humor.

Rod Micklenurgh, China Mishears Harper’s Human-Rights Whisper. Globe and Mail, Feb 9, 2012
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/n ... per/article2333392/
(Echo Wall at the Temple of Heaven)


(4) Michael Martina, China's buffeted and ambitious Bo Xilai stays afloat. Reuters, Feb 9, 2012.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2 ... USTRE8180JD20120209