- To The Chinese Leadership, Harper is a mere boy scout - they don't need Harper to Cowtow

Harper’s not for kowtowing, Norman Spector , 4 Dec.'09
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/blogs/spector-vision/harpers-not-for-kowtowing/article1388431/
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- Norman, To The Chinese Leadership, Harper's a mere boy scout. The Chines Officials don't need Harper to Cowtow, but like any child he does need a scolding now and then to keep him in line.

You reap what you sow.

The problem is that Harper sowed this discord and we Canadians are reaping the world stage rebuke and damage of trade relations.

Harper's reply is equally embarrassing and typically Harper - try to deflect, no matter how much Bunk you proffer. It is not likely to cause Hu Jing Tao to start tripping over himself from losing face.

Perhaps Harper can list the number of time the Can. Government has approached China to invite them to come to Canada.

You can be sure that Hu Jing Tao's rebuke was very carefully and deliberately designed to send a message, not to Harper - I can't see the Chinese caring very much what Harper, personally, thinks - but to the Canadian people. The timing of the rebuke was also very carefully chosen at a time when all Canadians would hear it directly and openly.

The clear message - Harper you may boast that Canada is an Oil Superpower and you may tout Canada as a source of raw materials. But, Harper you are such small potatoes that we have no reservation of humiliating you while the International light is shining on us. Other countries have Oil and raw materials, who don't take an 'in-your-face' approach and don't insult us to our faces on the International stage. Our culture is 5000 years old, we have just spent 100's of years of suffering and in poverty. We can wait a couple more years for you and your kind to get the boot from Canadians and then re-instate warm, cordial relations as friends and co-horts on the International Stage.

Harper also fails to point out that the Liberal government had obtained Approved Destination Status in Jan.'05 and it was Harper himself with his in-your-face, 'Insult Diplomacy' that caused the Chinese to drop it.(see: David Emerson on the Industry Canada Website, dated 21 Jan.'05, where he announced "Canada Granted Approved Destination Status by Chinese Government" (ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ic1.nsf/eng/02331.html)

Lloyd MacIlquham cicblog.com/comments.html

Posted on December 13, 2009 @ 10:21 am PST
MP touts Asia trip’s accomplishments, December 11,2009 , David Burke/Whistler Question
http://www.coastreporter.net/article/20091211/SECHELT0101/312119974/-1/sechelt01/mp-touts-asia-trip-s-accomplishments