The Terrible Pollution In China: A Complete Disaster

Wonderful and daring photography, let this be a lessen Canada. Imagine China owning Canada and producing this...

  Horrifying Scenes, Pollution in China

October 21st, 2009

October 14, 2009, the 30^th annual awards ceremony of the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund took place at the Asia Society in New York City. Lu Guang (卢广) from People’s Republic of China won the $30,000 W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography for his documentary project “Pollution in China.”

Lu Guang (卢广), freelancer photographer, started as an amateur photographer in 1980. He was a factory worker, later started his own photo studio and advertising agency. August of 1993 he returned to post-graduate studies at the Central Arts and Design Academy in Beijing (now is the Academy of Arts and Design, Tsinghua University). During graduate school, he studied, traveled all over the country and carved out a career, became the “dark horse” of the photographer circle in Beijing. Skilled at social documentary photography, his insightful, creative and artistic work often focused on “social phenomena and people living at the bottom of society”, attracted the attentions of the national photography circle and the media. Many of his award winning works focused on social issues like, “gold rush in the west”, “drug girl”, “small coal pit”, “HIV village”, “the Grand Canal”, “development of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway” and so on.
1. “At the junction of Ningxia province and Inner Mongolia province, I saw a tall chimney puffing out golden smoke covering the blue sky, large tracts of the grassland have become industrial waste dumps; unbearable foul smell made people want to cough; Surging industrial sewage flowed into the Yellow River…”
- Lu Guang



2. Chemical waste from Jiangsu Taixing Chemical Industrial District (江苏泰兴化工园区) dumped on top of the Yangtze River bank. May 15, 2009



3. Fan Jai Zhuang in Anyang City, Henan province, (河南安阳市范家庄) there is only one wall separating this village from the steelmaking furnaces. The villagers live in this heavily polluted environment where the village is under the iron rain every day. March 24, 2008



4. Industrial sewage of Zhejiang Xiaoshan Industrial District (浙江萧山化工园区) eventually flowed into Qiantang River. April 24, 2009



5. Henan Anyang iron and steel plant’s (河南安阳钢铁厂) sewage flowed into Anyang River. March 25, 2008



6. Guiyu, Guangdong province, (广东省贵屿镇) rivers and reservoirs have been contaminated, the villager is washing in a seriously polluted pond. November 25, 2005



7. Shizuishan Industrial district in Ningxia province (宁夏石嘴山湖滨工业园区), the tall chimneys spitted out smoke and dust. Residents took preventive measure for the falling dust from the sky when going outside. April 22, 2006



8. In the Yellow Sea coastline, countless sewage pipes buried in the beach and even extending into the deep sea. April 28, 2008



9. In Ma’anshan, Anhui province (安徽马鞍山), along the Yangtze River there are many small-scaled Iron selection factories and plastic processing plants. Large amounts of sewage discharged into the Yangtze River June 18, 2009



10. In Inner Mongolia there were 2 “black dragons” from the Lasengmiao Power Plant (内蒙古拉僧庙发电厂) covering the nearby villages. July 26, 2005




11. Jiangsu province Changshu City Fluorine Chemical industry land sewage treatment plant (江苏省常熟市氟化学工业园污水处理厂) was responsible for collection and processing of the industrial sewage. However they did not, the sewage pipe was extended 1500 meters under the Yangtze River and releasing the sewage there. 2009 June 11



12. Soil by Yangtze River, was polluted by Anhui Province Ma’anshan Chemical Industrial District (安徽省马鞍山化工园区). June 26, 2009



13. Large amount of the industrial wastewater flowed to Yellow River from Inner Mongolia Lasengmiao Industrial District (内蒙古拉僧庙工业园区) every day. July 26, 2005



14. A Large amount of the chemical wastewater discharged into Yangtze River from Zhenjiang Titanium mill (镇江市钛粉厂) every day. Less than 1,000 meters away downstream is where the water department of Danyang City gets its water from. June 10, 2009



15. In Haimen city, Jiangsu province Chemical Industrial District sewage treatment Plant (江苏省海门市化工园区污水处理厂) discharged wastewater into Yangtze River. June 5, 2009




16. Hebei Province Shexian Tianjin Iron and steel plant (河北省涉县天津钢铁厂) is a heavily polluting company. Company scale is still growing, seriously affecting the lives of local residents. March 18, 2008



17. Longmen town in Hanchen city, Shaanxi Province (陕西省韩城市龙门镇) has large-scaled industrial development. Environment is very seriously polluted there. April 8, 2008



18. There are over 100 chemical plants in Jiangsu province coastal industry district. (江苏滨海头罾沿海化工园区) Some of them discharge wastewater into the ocean; some heavily contaminated sewage is stored in 5 “Sewage Temporary Pools”. During the 2 high tides in every month, the sewage then gets discharged into the ocean with the tides. June 20, 2008



19. Jiangxi Province Hu Ko County Chemical Industry district (江西省胡口县化工园区) is by the Yangtze River. Chemical factory landfill the Yangtze River bank to expand the scale of the factory without authorization
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20. Anhui Province Cihu Chemical Industry District (安徽省慈湖化工园区) built a underground pipe to discharge wastewater into the Yangtze River. The wastewater sometimes is black, gray, dark red, or yellow, wastewater from different chemical factories has different colors. June 18, 2009



21. Shanxi Province is the most polluted areas of China. It is also the province with the highest rate of birth defects. This loving farmer couple adopted 17 disabled children. April 15, 2009
“In Some areas of China people’s lives were threatened because of the environmental pollution. Residents suffering from all kinds of obscured diseases, the cancer villages, increase of deformed babies, these were the results of sacrificing environment and blindly seeking economical gain.”
- Lu Guang



22. Elder shepherd by the Yellow River cannot stand the smell. April 23, 2006



23. 15-year-old boy from Tianshui, Gansu Province (甘肃天水), dropped out of the school after 2^nd grade, followed his parents to Heilonggui (黑龙贵) Industrial District. He earns 16 yuan a day. April 8, 2005



24. Inner Mongolia province Heilonggui (黑龙贵) Industrial District, the couple who worked at the Plaster Kiln and just got home. March 22, 2007



25. Villagers from Kang village in Linfen City, Shanxi Province (山西省临汾市下康村) due to long-term consumption of the polluted water contaminated by industrial waste, there were 50 people who have cancer and cerebral thrombosis. 64-year-old Wang Baosheng got ill since 2003, he has fester all over his body so he cannot go to bed and lying face down on the edge of the bed each day. July 10, 2005
 

26. Breathing in large amount of dust into the lungs, people gets sick after working there for 1-2 years. Most of these migrant workers come from area of poverty. April 10, 2005



27. Zhangqiao village by the Hong River in Wugang City, Henan Province (河南省舞钢市洪河边的张桥村), a 45-year-old woman Sun Xiaojun (孙晓军) could not move her feet and hands since 4 years ago. The numerous hospital treatments were not effective. April 7, 2009



28. Zhaozhuang village by the Hong River in Wugang City, Henan province (河南省舞钢市洪河边的赵庄村), 66-year-old Zhao Bingkun suffering from esophageal cancer since 2004, after the second surgery, treatment cost already have reached over 200,000 yuan. His condition is in late stage, he is having fever everyday, waiting for death. April 7, 2009



29. Zhaozhuang village by the Hong River in Wugang City, Henan province (洪河边的河南省西平县张于庄村), Gao Wanshun’s (高万顺) wife died of cancer. Now he lives in poverty. April 3, 2009



30. Linfen City in Shanxi province (山西临汾市) is seriously polluted area. Farmers after working in the cotton fields for 2 hours are filled with coal ashes. September 24 2007



31. Salt factory worker in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province (江苏连云港) said angrily, “when the wind blowing towards our side, the foul smell from the chemical factories is unbearable. There is even more poison gas at night.” July 19, 2008



32. People form Fanjiazhuang (范家庄) are ready to submit a complain filled with their fingerprints, to seek compensation for pollution damages. March 19, 2008




33. In Shanxi Province there are a lot of charitable nursing homes, to help disabled infants abandoned by their parents. April 14, 2009



34. Liujiawan village by the Hong River in Wugang City, Henan province (河南省舞钢市洪河边的刘家湾村), 13 year old Yang Xiao in November 2008 was ill with obscure disease.  She was saved by the donation of the villagers. When the grandmother saw the old village chief came to visit his granddaughter, she kneeled on the ground holding granddaughter’s hand. April 19, 2009



35. The oldest is 9, not going to school. The youngest is less than 2 years old. They lived in severely polluted area. They hands and faces were always dirty. April 10, 2005



36. Mazhuang village by the Hong River in Wugang City, Henan province, (河南省舞钢市洪河边的马庄村) 58-year-old Ma Haipeng (马海朋) was suffering from stomach cancer since 2006 and could not work in the field. He must take medicine every day, otherwise it is too painful. April 6, 2009



37. Every year, a lot of deficiency babies in Shanxi Province were abandoned. Kong Zhenlan (孔贞兰) in Qi town (祁县) who was making a living by recycling trash adopted 25 abandoned children. April 14, 2009




38. Xuanwei (宣威) in Yunnan province is a cancer village. Every year there are more than 20 people die of cancer. 11-year-old student Xu Li (徐丽) is suffering from bone cancer. May 8, 2007




39. In Shexian Village, Hebei Province, (河北省涉县固新村) the existing cancer patients are more than 50 people and more than 20 cancer patients die each year. March 18, 2008



40.  Zhangyuzhuan village by the Hong River in Xiping county, Henan province, (河南省西平县洪河边的张于庄村) 22-year-old Zhu Xiaoyan (朱小燕) had a tumor in her stomach in 2007. She died after number of hospital treatments on July 2008. 4-year-old girl with her grandfather came to mother’s tomb. April 2009 2

original source: Fengniao
Followup: Interview with Lu Guang, the photographer of “Pollution in China”

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Peter Worthington: Pakistan seeks a new BFF in China. The U.S. should let it

Peter Worthington | Jun 3, 2011 11:31 AM ET | Last Updated: Jun 3, 2011
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PETER PARKS/AFP/Getty Images) Beijing poured troops into the restive city of Urumqi in a massive show of force when Muslim Uighurs protested their treatment by the Chinese

“Both regimes are devious, tricky, suspicious. Both are dangerous, neither is capable of trust.”
Thinking “outside-the-box” (as they say) is one of the more difficult – and valuable – functions of those in charge of countries, armies or businesses.
A great example of thinking outside the box is one cited by retired Maj. Gen. Lew MacKenzie (who, coincidentally, specializes is such thinking). In WWII, when bomber command was suffering horrendous losses, scientists and exerts were summoned to determine how better to protect bombers from enemy fire.
All returning bombers from raids over Germany were examined as to where they’d been hit by anti-aircraft fire. Onionskin overlays showed massive hits common to all returning aircraft. Overlays also showed great white spaces on the aircraft where no hits had been registered.
Air Force types immediately urged reinforcing the parts of bombers that had received heavy fire, while “outside-the-box” thinkers urged reinforcing those areas of returning bombers that received no hits.
The thinking was that bombers that had been hit in the common areas had returned anyway; the bombers that didn’t return must have been hit in the other areas. When those areas were reinforced, the casualty rate of aircraft dropped accordingly.
But for this outside-the-box thinking, bombers would have been reinforced on areas that showed considerable damage when they returned.
Thinking outside the box was prevalent in the U.S. Civil War, when non-military people became soldiers and were not conditioned to think along conventional lines. Instead they devised tactics that were not necessarily according to the book.
For example, John Mosby’s irregular cavalry raided at night and disbanded by day, and were never caught by Union soldiers. Also, Mosby (and Nathan Bedford Forrest) rejected the sword or sabre as a cavalry weapons, and adopted the newly invented revolver as more effective.
Right now, in the post-Osama bin Laden days, the United States is in a quandary about what to do about Pakistan – always viewed as a necessary but unreliable and unstable ally.
This reality was intensified after the assassination of bin Laden, and the U.S. learned that for at least five years he had been living in relative comfort in Abbottabad, near a military camp and not in a Himalayan mountain cave.
This reinforced America’s concerns that its “ally” was playing a double-game, and that an alarming segment of Pakistan’s politicians, army and intelligence service was in cahoots with al-Qaeda and the Taliban.
Again, the question arose for the U.S. of how it should deal with Pakistan, other than its conventional mixture of warnings, threats, pandering and financing to persuade it to crack down on al-Qaeda and the Taliban.
Pakistan, embarrassed by the bin Laden escapade, suddenly has become more open to China helping it, probably to make the U.S. more compliant and generous.
Pakistan has “invited” China to build a naval base at Gwadar, on the Indian Ocean, near the mouth of the Persian Gulf. China had already invested close to $300 million in the port. In making the announcement, Pakistani PM Yousuf Gilani called China Pakistan’s “best friend.”
As well, Gilani has visited Beijing to close a deal for 50 multi-role JF-17 Thunder jets to augment its aging fleet of some 40 F-16 fighter jets acquired from the U.S. in the 1980s.
All this cozying up to China, has the U.S. uneasy, as well as India.
The concern is how to match or deflect China’s interest in Pakistan, and vice-versa. Conventional thinkers in the State Department and Pentagon, as well as in the White House, worry at the effect. Tenuous as relations are, how can they placate Pakistan as an unreliable ally yet offset China’s growing influence – and how much will it cost?
That’s the dilemma facing conventional thinking in foreign affairs.
“Outside-the-box” thinking might say: Don’t do anything. Let China and Pakistan do what they will. Each, inevitably, will be a pain in the neck for the other. Both regimes are devious, tricky, suspicious. Both are dangerous, neither is capable of trust.
From an American point of view, Pakistan has nothing the U.S. wants or needs: No oil, no resources, mostly mountains and 300 million Muslims, half of whom are potential jihadists.
If China thinks it is stealing a march on the Americans by expanding its influence in Pakistan — let it. One thing can be guaranteed – China doesn’t like Muslims. Look how it treats its Uighurs, who are Muslims but not jihadists, and there are only 8.5 million of them.
If China has trouble dealing with its Uighurs, imagine the potential problems dealing with the interests of some 200 million Pakistani Muslims.
And look at the potential problems Pakistan faces dealing with China, with no America as a counter-balance. Pakistan is a nuclear power. So is China. So is India. China is unlikely to be happy with a nuclear Pakistan threatening India, and vice-versa.
As far as Afghanistan is concerned, when the U.S. and NATO withdraw troops this year, Taliban infiltration from Pakistan is inevitable. The only unknown is how effective the Afghan National Army and security forces will be – the National Army and police force. Hopes are higher than expectations.
If the Taliban and al-Qaeda surge in Pakistan, let it become a problem for the Pakistani PM’s newest “best friend” – China.
China’s economic well-being and future is so interlocked with the U.S. and Western developed countries, that the last thing it wants is destabilization. China wants to win, it plans ahead, thinks long term gain rather than short profit. And it has patience.
Pakistan is nothing but trouble for whoever depends on it.
So let the Chinese have a go.
This sort of thinking is anathema to those who guide our foreign affairs at the moment. But it shifts some of our problems to the Chinese, and would save unknown billions that the U.S. now invests in Pakistan with very little return.
National Post
Peter Worthington is the founding editor of the Toronto Sun and a regular contributor to FrumForum.com, where this originally appeared

Give Richard Fadden The Thumbs'Up

Salute, don't fire CSIS boss Richard Fadden: Worthington

By Peter Worthington ,QMI Agency

First posted: Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Richard Fadden, the director of CSIS, admits he "went too far" in saying certain politicians were being influenced by a foreign government, he is (one hopes) only referring to his remarks to the CBC.
He and CSIS aren't going "too far" at all, by being alert to politicians influenced by foreign elements. That's just being vigilant, and CSIS doing its duty on behalf of Canada.
The Toronto Star scolds that he's "unrepentant."
Good.

What's to repent?

The demand by some NDP and Bloc MPs that Fadden resign is ludicrous, and fortunately not supported by Liberal MPs who are more sensible and have had experience running the country.
A stronger case could be made that Fadden should resign if CSIS weren't alert and checking the influence some foreign countries seek to exert on Canada - on politicians, business leaders, even select media people.
Fadden blurting out what he did in a CBC interview caused no damage to anyone. The demand by a Vancouver councillor that Fadden should publicly reveal the names of politicians he thinks are being influenced, is simply foolish.
Every government, friendly and hostile, is interested in influencing others. This is not necessarily subversive or even illegal. And if CSIS is concerned a particular politician - or citizen for that matter - is being unduly influenced by elements of another country or its government, it's perfectly in order to alert that person as to what's going on, and to be wary.
When the RCMP was in charge of Canada's security, it was standard practice to warn politicians or individuals if there was risk that a foreign intelligence service might be focusing on them. Most recipients of this advisory appreciated it.
When I was sent to open a news bureau in Moscow, the RCMP (then responsible for Canada's security and intelligence) gave me a pretty thorough briefing as to what to expect and the sort of attempts Soviet intelligence might try to win cooperation. It was useful and intriguing.
Honest politicians should be grateful CSIS is keeping an eye on the store and will warn if hanky-panky is afoot.
To suggest, as NDPer Don Davies (Vancouver-Kingsway) has done, that by his CBC remarks Fadden has "smeared" 1,600 municipal politicians in British Columbia is too silly to warrant comment - other than to consider voting against Davies next election.
"Foreign influence" today is not the same as it was during the Cold War. It is not "agents of influence" aimed at subverting the host country, and recruiting traitors into acts of treason and espionage that is the goal. More, it is gaining economic advantage. Even a business decision.
Richard Fadden is adamant he has no intention of resigning.
Good. Nor is he seeking "to duck behind walls of secrecy," as the Star implies.
The federal government doesn't seem overly concerned about Fadden's gaffe to the CBC. He can provide names to Public Safety Minister Vic Toews, who can alert the individuals to the dangers of getting overly cosy with foreign governments.
So far, there's no hint of anything illegal - nothing resembling treason or coercion of Canadians. In fact, perhaps Fadden should be commended for making the country aware of the realities of international business - even if it was on the CBC, which does not always have the country's best interests at heart.
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Posted 14 August 2010 - 12:03 PM

We will be hearing more of this story soon I can imagine. The Chinese community may howl all they want but the truth must come out whether they like it or not. All the screams and shouts are for nought.Wasted air. The tail-wind of this story is gathering strength, more and more Canadians want Fadden to speak his mind. They are very concerned and understand the seriousness and security implications only too well. Let Canada air it's dirty Chinese laundry. Too much lying and stonewalling has gone under the bridge, unchecked, over the years. I hope in doing so he makes a difference to our safety standards as a sovereign nation.Give the man some room....PLS! Stop the screaming and throwing chopsticks. So what if he's an old fart. Many in the Chinese community want this dealt with as they see colonial and globalised Communist/Fascist Beijing, as extremely dangerous.They didn't come to Canada to find that China will plunder the country anyway.They came to escape the tyranny,strike out a new life as 'real' Canadians; and many are devout Christians BTW.
There are some interesting polling results on the matter [including Fadden] from ANGUS REID no less!!!!
I will find them...

Canadians Show Their Anger...Angus Reid Poll [2010]

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Canadians Demand Names in CSIS Controversy

(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – Many adults in Canada believe the names of the politicians who allegedly are under the influence of foreign governments should be revealed, according to a poll by Angus Reid Public Opinion. 67 per cent of respondents think the names should be made public.

(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – Many adults in Canada believe the names of the politicians who allegedly are under the influence of foreign governments should be revealed, according to a poll by Angus Reid Public Opinion. 67 per cent of respondents think the names should be made public.
In an interview broadcast last month, Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) Director Richard Fadden claimed that the agency believes that at least two provincial cabinet ministers and several British Columbia municipal politicians "are under at least the general influence of a foreign government."
On Jun. 23, British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell expressed dismay at Fadden’s allegations, saying, "I was frankly shocked that someone in a position of that kind of responsibility would say those words without notifying the head of the provincial public service that was involved, without notifying someone in the province that they believed municipal politicians were involved. It was unprecedented, it was unprofessional, and candidly, with what I know on the face of today, it’s totally unacceptable."
On Jul. 5, Fadden appeared before the House of Commons standing committee on public safety, and said that he will name the politicians to the federal government at a later date.
Polling Data
As you may know, CSIS Director Richard Fadden claimed in an interview broadcast last month that the agency believes that at least two provincial cabinet ministers and several British Columbia municipal politicians "are under at least the general influence of a foreign government." Fadden has said he will name the politicians to the federal government. From what you have seen, read or heard about this, do you think the names of the ministers and politicians Fadden has referred to should be revealed to the public?

Yes, the names should be revealed to the public	67%
No, the names should not be revealed to the public	16%
Not sure	17%

Source: Angus Reid Public Opinion
Methodology: Online interviews with 1,009 Canadian adults, conducted from Jul. 6 to Jul. 7, 2010. Margin of error is 3.1 per cent.

Canadians Were Shut Out From Listenning To Fadden Speak

Canadians are hopping mad at the secrecy/censorship over Director of CSIS/ Faddens'  findings. They want to know what he has found out about China and Chinese State Owned Enterprises...[SOE]. Moreso about the corrupt Canadian politicians and shareholders.

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Canadians Want to Know Which Politicians are “Foreign-Influenced”

Very few respondents believe CSIS Director Richard Fadden should leave his post on account of his revelations.

Very few respondents believe CSIS Director Richard Fadden should leave his post on account of his revelations.

Canadians have reacted with interest to the allegations made by Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) Director Richard Fadden, and believe that the names of the politicians who are supposedly under the influence of foreign governments should be revealed, a new Angus Reid Public Opinion poll has found.
In an interview broadcast last month, Fadden claimed that the agency believes that at least two provincial cabinet ministers and several British Columbia municipal politicians “are under at least the general influence of a foreign government.”
On Jul. 5, Fadden appeared before the House of Commons standing committee on public safety, and said that he will name the politicians to the federal government at a later date.
In the online survey of a representative national sample of 1,009 Canadian adults, two-thirds of respondents (67%) think the names of the ministers and politicians Fadden has referred to should be revealed to the public.
In March, Fadden stated during a speech to police chiefs and security experts that China is aggressively and surreptitiously recruiting future political prospects, and has funded university clubs that are managed by people operating out of embassies or consulates.
Three-in-four Canadians (73%) say it is “very likely” or “moderately likely” that some politicians in Canada are under the influence of the Chinese government.
Fadden told MPs that he will not offer his resignation. Three-in-five respondents (59%) believe Fadden should not leave his post on account of his statements.
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Canadians Are Very Interested in Who's Foreign Influenced [ie/by China]

Canadians Upset And Angry Over Harper CNOOC Deal

Poll after poll after poll show that an overwhelming number of our citizens don't want China buying into our oil patch. There are no net benefits shown in all of this. None has been openly discussed or offered. China is only interested in owning Canada and the best way to get to that point after influencing our politicians is just such a deal as this one. Trade covering for a fifth column is what we are witnessing here. This is serious and a huge blow to Canadian security and sovereignty.

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OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Stephen Harper gave China's authoritarian rulers an early Christmas present Friday, giving them a bigger piece of Alberta's oil patch.
As a result, a company controlled by the communist government of China will be allowed to acquire Calgary oil and gas producer Nexen for $15 billion.
But in the same breath, Harper said that state-owned enterprises, from China or anywhere else, would no longer be able to buy up a Canadian company active in the oilsands.
"When we say that Canada is open for business we do not mean that Canada is for sale to foreign governments," Harper said.
"The government of Canada has determined that foreign state-control of oilsands development has reached the point at which further such foreign state control would not be of net benefit to Canada."
From now on, foreign state-owned enterprises will be allowed to acquire control of a Canadian oilsands business "only in an exceptional circumstance," Harper said.
Separately, the government also gave the green light to a bid by a Malaysian state-owned enterprise, Petronas, to buy Calgary-based natural gas producer Progress Energy Resources for about $5.3 billion.
"The decision to approve the acquisitions ... sends a positive signal to investors in Canada and around the world," said John Manley, a former industry minister and now the CEO of the Canadian Council of CEOs. "Canada welcomes foreign investment because it is good for our economy, good for job creation and increases competition, which in turn strengthens productivity."
But federal New Democrats said they were "profoundly disappointed" with the CNOOC deal.
-This is a farce," said Peter Julian, NDP natural resources critic. "Canadians should be very apprehensive about the long-term economic and environmental consequences. In the past, these kinds of takeovers have resulted in job losses."
Harper's cabinet was deeply split at times over the last few months over the deals, particularly the bid by the Chinese for a greater chunk of Alberta's oil patch.
But Harper tried to tried to balance the need Canada has for foreign investment against concerns that foreign governments would get too much control of any one industrial sector by announcing new rules which will guide the government when it assesses investment bids by state-owned enterprises.
"Canadians have not spent years reducing the ownership of sectors of the economy by our own governments only to see them bought and controlled by foreign governments instead," Harper said. "It is not an outcome that Canadians would ever support. It is not an outcome any responsible government of Canada could ever allow to happen. We certainly will not."
For the first time, Ottawa will have a separate rule for the country's oilsands and another rule for businesses in other sectors.
"Purchases of Canadian assets by foreign governments through state-owned enterprises are not the same as other transactions," Harper said.
Nexen began life in 1969 as Canadian Occidental Petroleum and was, at its inception, controlled by an American firm.
It became Nexen in 2001.
CNOOC is believed to have agreed to make annual investments in the Canadian operations of Nexen and is believed to have agreed to maintain Canadian employment levels and have a certain number of Canadian managers.
Those details, though, were not disclosed by the government.
Petronas is believed to have made similar commitments but has also promised to build a new liquid natural gas terminal in northern B.C., a new piece of Canada's energy infrastructure that could cost more than $7 billion.
Petronas plans to take the natural gas Progress produces and ship it to markets in Southeast Asia.

Richard Fadden Got It Right... And We Weren't Listenning

Then came a roaring silence, no more Fadden! He was wickedly and shamefully censored. The same was done to "Project Sidewinder" et al which lifted the lid on Chinese spies in Canada. Censorship yet again.



Why doesnt the media tell the truth?, why arent they letting the people of Canada know whats' going on here?..this is serious.

Harper's Nexen Decision Couched in

a 'Bold-Faced Lie'

By Alberta Federation of Labour

Last modified: 2012-12-08T01:43:10Z
Published: Friday, Dec. 7, 2012 - 5:43 pm 

EDMONTON, Dec. 7, 2012  

"Harper is saying what Canadians want to hear while doing what they don't want" - AFL president

EDMONTON, Dec. 7, 2012 /CNW/ 

Prime Minister Harper's supposedly "tough new conditions" for foreign takeovers are nothing more than a public relations ploy aimed at masking the fact that he has just allowed a foreign government to seize unprecedented control over Canada's energy resources.

In an announcement very late Friday, Dec. 7, Prime Minister Stephen Harper green-lit  Communist Chinese oil giant CNOOC's $15-billion takeover of Alberta-based Nexen, but claimed that new conditions would prevent such deals in the future.

"The Conservatives are spinning this as a 'sweeping overhaul' of foreign investment rules," McGowan said."The new 'guidelines' for foreign takeover decisions will still see the process take place behind closed doors and be conducted by the Industry Minister."
"The 'new process' Harper has proposed is the same as the old process, which just brought us the largest foreign oil patch takeover in Canadian history," McGowan said. 

"They're saying what Canadians want to hear, but doing exactly what Canadians don't want. It's the Republican Tea-Party playbook: tell a bald-faced lie, and hope no one questions you."

Under the new conditions proposed, the federal government will weigh how much influence state-owned foreign takeovers will have over their acquisitions and an industry, and how much control over Canadian resources this will give the foreign government. Regulators will examine this in private, behind closed doors, and with no public input required.

"How do you measure this influence? What is the measurement on which this will be evaluated? These are meaningless rules - it's just a smokescreen," McGowan said. "Sinopec only has a nine per cent stake in Syncrude…but they used that nine per cent stake to veto upgrading projects. Is there a measurement of how bad that is for Canada?"

The proposed CNOOC takeover has been criticized by Canadians across a broad political spectrum, including Preston Manning, the New Democratic Party and the Communications Energy and Paperworker's Union.

"CNOOC is not your typical oil company. It doesn't operate on market principles, and it isn't beholden to investors. If they had been serious about defending the interest of Canadians, they would have nixed the deal outright,"

 McGowan said. "They had a good pretext already - Harper's 2006 campaign pledge 'not to export more raw bitumen to countries with laxer carbon standards than North America's.' If they had cared about state-owned foreign ownership, they would have scuttled this deal."
The AFL will release a comprehensive report on China's involvement in Alberta's Oil Sands on Monday in Calgary.
SOURCE Alberta Federation of Labour

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/12/07/5039607/harpers-nexen-decision-couched.html#storylink=cpy

This has been an extremely sad day for Canada..all that our forefathers fought for is for naught, this is nothing more than treason.

 We have and still are being steered into being a vassal state for belligerent China. Make no mistake China wants Canada; simply put, and is trying very hard to get boots on the ground using trade as a Trojan Horse, and we took the bait!  Here be a man of courage, in my mind a true Canadian, hear what was happening even then..listen.

This purchase by a Communist power [albeit a Chinese state owned enterprise [SOE] even] is unprecedented in our history, Harper says its not going to happen again..Ya Right! Pull the other one! The next thing on the agenda is the FIPA, another huge Chinese arrangement were Canada loses yet again! Notice how Harper sidesteps the issue of there being net benefits to Canadians.  

What benefits?!?!

SILENCE...

I am so angry with all their lies, twists and maneuverings over this singularly important matter, delivered in such a cynical manner, like a sly fox, on a late Friday afternoon when Canada is preoccupied with Christmastime.