Month: October 2011

Ed Fast, the federal trade minister, will be spending his Thanksgiving weekend making an effort to strengthen Canada’s relationship with China. The past Liberal governments made successful agreements with china, but Harper disrupted that relationship by meeting the Dalai Lama. Fast is hoping to continue with his plans of fortifying relationship with China later this fall. China, the emerging economic superpower, is the world’s second largest economy and is one of the major clients of Canadian resources. (http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/10/09/canada-china-business-fast.html)

The relationship between Canada and China is bound to grow in a positive direction – even if they do not want to. Canada offers large quantities of many different natural resources. Every second that ticks, resources are being used up. China should be very thankful for Canada’s willingness to trade and take advantage of this offer.

Former Chinese president, Jiang Zemin made a public appearance at the ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of China’s 1911 revolution. A couple months ago, rumours stated that he has died.

As I mentioned in my past blog, the world is getting prepared for a big change. The important positions of the world are changing and new directions are being taken. People are getting exposed to new ideas and new situations that allows us to think differently from the past. This appearance of the former Chinese president could be due to the attendance of the ceremony and/or to clarify the rumours, but perhaps this public appearance may be a message to the public? Especially towards the Chinese society?

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To honour Steve Job’s death, Apple’s rivals Samsung and Google, postponed their launch of new smartphones. The new Android phone was scheduled to make its debut at a wireless industry trade show in San Diego this Tuesday, but the representatives wanted to pay respect to the death of an “iconic figure in our industry.”  This new curved glass screen phone that Samsung and Google are planning to reveal is very important; this phone would be the first phone to use the next-generation version of Android, “Ice-Cream Sandwich.” Other CEO’s of the rivalling companies also expressed their sadness to the press such as Microsoft, Nokia, Research in Motion and Sony. (http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/07/tech/mobile/nexus-prime-delay/index.html)

Samsung and Google set a very good example for the society. Samsung and Apple can be viewed as the biggest rival in the mobile phone business. However, the decision to postpone their product shows that they value respect over profit. Keeping business matters and personal feelings is a very difficult thing to do. Perhaps some may think that Samsung and Google made the decision purely based on the consumers’ emotional and psychological state, but situations like death, even those of rivals, cannot be ignored.

 On October 7, 2011, The Walt Disney Co. stated that the current CEO, Bob Iger, will step down in March 2015. He plans to stay as the chairman of Disney at the end of March 2015 and leave his position on June 30, 2016. Iger joined Disney when the company purchased ABC in 1985. Soon after, Iger quickly got promoted to the top positions – chairman of ABC in 1996 and president of Disney International in 1999. The current Disney CEO has been operating the business with an exceptional performance, allowing the board to extend his contract until 2015. Also, by purchasing Pixar in 2006, Iger was able to form a close relationship with the apple co-founder Steve Jobs.(http://money.cnn.com/2011/10/07/technology/disney_ceo_iger_stepping_down/index.htm)

What kind of change is our world getting ready for?