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LEARN TO SPEAK CHINESE:
Corporate Mandarin with Joanna
at Global Business Centre
Course Dates: March 16 - May 18, 2010
This course is for beginners of conversational Mandarin. Participants will learn conversations under business and social situations such as greetings, introduction, shopping, business banquet, etc. You will also learn key cross-cultural issues when doing business with the Chinese. The official Romanization system will be used; Chinese characters are not required. We can also customized a course for your company.
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March 16 – May 18, 2010 |
March 16 – May 18, 2010 |
| Location: Global Business Centre (Telus Convention Centre North Building) 120 – 8th Avenue S.E., Calgary, Alberta | ||
Fees: $238 (including course materials, online learning, and GST) |
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For information, tel: 403-288-8377 or
email: info@CorporateMandarin.com
Website: www.CorporateMandarin.com
WHY ON EARTH WOULD WE DO BUSINESS WITH THE CHINESE?
February 8th, 2010
by Canada Export Centre
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Perhaps we should ask ourselves - Why would the Chinese want to do business with us and how working with China can profoundly improve your business?
Greater China: ICT Symposium
- 9 March 2010 - Calgary
- 10 March 2010 - Edmonton
January 28, 2010
by Government of Alberta
Diversify and go global are two of the keys to advance under current economic situation. Aim to assist the Alberta companies to further explore and expand the market opportunities in the Greater China region, the Ministry of International and Intergovernmental Relations (IIR) of the Government of Alberta is bringing to you the Greater China: ICT Symposium. Speakers from Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan will share their business insights around topics including financing source, IP and tax issues, regulatory environment, business case, market trends and more. Meeting with Speakers can be arranged.
Registration and meeting with speakers, please contact Constance Leung by 1 March 2010.
Interested parties can contact;
Constance Leung
Trade and Investment Officer, North Asia
International Relations International & Intergovernmental Relations
Government of Alberta
Suite 300, 639 - 5 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 0M9
T: +1-(403) 297-5782
F: +1-(403) 297-6168
E: constance.leung@gov.ab.ca
W: www.albertacanada.com
Alberta ICT Trade Missions to Hong Kong and Taiwan Showcasing Alberta at the International ICT Expo in Hong Kong and Computex 2010 in Taipei
January 27, 2010
by Government of Alberta
The Government of Alberta invites you to join us at the International ICT Expo 2010 in Hong Kong (April 12-17) and the Computex 2010 in Taipei (May 30 - Jun 5). Alberta Showcase booths will be set up to showcase your technologies, products and services to assist your business expansion in Asia.
Mission Registration Deadline:
- 12 February 2010 for International ICT Expo 2010
- 1 April 2010 for Computex 2010
HONG KONG: International ICT Expo 2010 http://ictexpo.com
his exhibition has established itself as the leading information and communications event platform in Asia. It is a one-stop B2B venue for exhibitors to establish contacts with buyers and industry players from the region and explore business partnerships with resellers and distributors.
TAIPEI: COMPUTEX 2010 www.computextaipei.com.tw
Computex has become the largest computer exhibition in Asia and the second largest in the world, next to CeBIT in Germany. As many international corporations have established research and deployment centers or production facilities in Taiwan, this exhibition attracts buyers, sellers, manufacturers, R & D representatives, observers, analysts, and journalists of computer and information industries from around the world to discover and report the latest technologies, developments, and trends.
Interested parties can contact;
Constance Leung
Trade and Investment Officer, North Asia
International Relations International & Intergovernmental Relations
Government of Alberta
Suite 300, 639 - 5 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 0M9
T: +1-(403) 297-5782
F: +1-(403) 297-6168
E: constance.leung@gov.ab.ca
W: www.albertacanada.com
Positive Increase in Number of Travellers from China to Canada
December 17, 2009
By Paul K.P. Wong
On December 16, 2009, the Honourable Diane Ablonczy, the Minister of State (Small Business and Tourism) celebrated the positive increase of Chinese travellers to Canada in her Ottawa office.
Today, the International Travel Survey released its report for October 2009 said that the travellers from China have increased by over 3% compared to October 2008. Ablonczy optimistically said, “The strength of the Chinese market is very positive news for Canada’s tourism industry. Full Article...
CHINA: WHY CANADIAN EXPORTERS NEED TO TAKE ACTION
December 9th, 2009
by Canada Export Centre
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Canadian exports to the middle kingdom stand at roughly one third of Australia’s. In terms of trade, China may be to Australia what the US is to Canada, but the Port of Vancouver is virtually the same distance to China’s eastern coastline as Australia is.
Meanwhile, on this side of the Pacific, what can Canadian exporters, so heavily reliant on the US market, reasonably expect from their US partners as they struggle to emerge from the current US economic downturn? Full Article...