Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will officially kick off his three-city China trip on Wednesday, as Ottawa seeks to beef up relations with its second-largest trade partner after the United States amid economic downturns in its traditional allies.
Harper arrived in Beijing on Tuesday night and will meet with Premier Wen Jiabao on Wednesday.
Presidents of several key Canadian oil and gas companies are traveling with Harper on this trip, which many in Canada expect will boost oil exports from the North American nation to China.
A self-proclaimed emerging "energy superpower", Canada was recently hit by a delay to a proposed oil pipeline project after it was rejected by Washington, its primary energy customer.
In an interview with Postmedia News and the National Post last week, Harper called Canada's exclusive reliance on energy exports to the US a "weakness" and vulnerability, and said it was "a national priority" for Ottawa to export energy to other markets, particularly Asia.
China has become an important factor in Canada's economic growth, Harper said in the interview, while stressing that Canada will diversify its trade with China.
Leaders from the Canadian agricultural, education and transportation sectors are also part of Harper's entourage, which will also travel to Guangzhou and Chongqing.
David Mulroney, Canada's ambassador to China, has said relations between Ottawa and Beijing are in "a golden period".
Peter Harder, president of the Canada-China Business Council and a former top official at the Department of Foreign Affairs, earlier said the United States will always be Canada's No 1 trading partner, but China will be No 2.
Mandarin and Cantonese are the third most spoken languages in Canada, after the country'stwo official languages, English and French. More than 1.3 million Canadian residents are of Chinese origin.
Between 2005 and 2010, Canadian merchandise exports to China grew by some 83 percent,from $7.26 billion to $13.25 billion.
Bilateral trade in 2010 reached $57.8 billion, accounting for 7.2 percent of Canada's trade and representing a 13.7 percent increase over 2009.
Questions:
1. Which country is Canada's primary energy customer?
2. Which Chinese cities will Harper also travel to?
3. How many Canadian residents are of Chinese origin?
Answers:
1. The United States.
2. Guangzhou and Chongqing.
3. More than 1.3 million.
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