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News and Events February 13, 2011, CCFS's Year- of-the- Rabbit New Year banquet at the Mandarin Ogilvie Restaurant was a resounding success with close to 200 attendees, with remarks by Chinese ambassador Zhang Junsai, Mayor Jim Watson, and former Canadian ambassador to China Robert Wright. The musical entertainment and doorprizes were well received. Photos below will be followed by others later.
FilmographyGaryEvansArticle.doc Exciting events during October 2010 in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Canada and the People's Republic of China: For program and registration to the 40th Anniversary of Canada-China Relations National Conference, Oct. 13-14, Chateau Laurier, organized by DFAIT and the China Institute, University of Alberta, pls. go to www.canadainternational.gc.ca/china-chine/offices-bureaux/calendars_events-calendrier_evenements.aspx For the Overall Program of the October series of 40th anniversary events - including free films from Canada's National Film Board and the People's Republic of China please - Click Here  CCFS-Ottawa was well represented at the 40th Anniversary Conference on Canada China Relations, and the Canada-China Cultural Dialogue Conference, both at the Fairmont Chateau Laurier in Ottawa, October 13-14, 2010. Executive committee members from l. to r. are Lorraine Farkas James Steele, Gilliane Lapointe, Lolan Merklinger, Shiyou Li President Lorraine Farkas and three other members represented the chapter on a 12-member Federation delegation visiting China Sept. 7-17,2010, at the invitation of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC). Vice-president Gilliane Lapointe gave a speech about the state of Canada China sister cities linkages at an international conference organized by the CPAFFC in Shanghai. The speech text can be found sister cities_gilliane presentation.pdf CCFS-Ottawa's former president Lolan Merklinger led a 4-member Federation delegation visiting Shanghai and Jiangsu Sept. 12-21, 2010, on the invitation of the Shanghai People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, and the Jiangsu People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries ; a report and photos will follow in the near future. CCFS President Meets President Hu Jintao  CCFS President, Lorraine Farkas, had the pleasure of meeting President Hu Jintao at a state luncheon of the Governor General in honour of the Chinese President on June 24, 2010. She was among about 65 other guests, including university presidents, politicians, professors, heads of various not-for-profit organizations and business people. A surprising number of attendees had just returned or who were going to China in the near future, including the Governor General herself and Mr. Allan Rock, University of Ottawa President. The CCFS-Ottawa is indeed pleased to have been invited to be part of this important event.February 21, 2010 : Chinese New Year Banquet -Year of the Tiger; a New Year Celebration at the Mandarin Ogilvie Restaurant
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Ambassador Lan was Deputy Director-General of the Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Beijing 1996 – 2000; Consul General with Ambassadorial rank at the Consulate General in Los Angeles; and Minister at the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Washington, D.C., 2002 - 05. From 2005 to 2008, he was China’s Ambassador to the Republic of Indonesia. Mr. Lan Lijun was born in Jiangsu Province, China, on December 5, 1952. He graduated from Beijing Foreign Languages Institute in 1974 with a B.A. degree in English Literature and continued his postgraduate study at Queen’s University and McGill University in Canada from 1974 to 1976, then at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, where he received a Masters degree in Public Administration in 1999. Mr. Lan Lijun is married with a daughter. How you can help in the China Earthquake relief effort The recent massive earthquake has affected several provinces with Sichuan province suffering the most serious devastation. You can find out more from the Canadian Red Cross May 18 media release on how you can help with Canadian's relief effort by clicking on this link China EarthquakeCdnRedCrossStatementMay18-08.doc (691 kb) See Ambassador Lu Shumin article 'The China of today', Ottawa Citizen May 9, 2008. Click here for article The China of today Farewell to Ambassador Lu Shumin: Ambassador Lu and his gracious wife Madame Gao Shuqin left Ottawa on May 10 after their three-year tenure in the nation's capital. Ambassador Lu is taking up his new post as Commissioner to Macao with vice-ministerial rank under the Chinese Foreign Ministry.
AmbassadorLuSpeechJan10(web).doc (25 kb) Environmental News from China: an article on the desertification problem in Northern China, courtesy Mr. Xavier Furtado, CIDA. WalrusDust Final.pdf (4.4 MB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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