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Opinion: Is Vancouver primed for a political earthquake or just a tremor? Original
Breadcrumb Trail Links Home Opinion Op-Ed The fault lines in Vancouver society are particularly pronounced. The municipality, ninth largest in the country, holds the second-highest level of income inequality among major Canadian cities, behind only Toronto, write Stewart Prest and Andy Yan. Photo by Arlen Redekop /PNG Vancouver is known for its active geological plate tectonics, but its political fault lines are proving to be equally volatile.
Yayoi Kusama's Tallest Bronze Pumpkin Finds a Home in Nanjing
Yayoi Kusama's Tallest Bronze Pumpkin Finds a Home in Nanjing Yayoi Kusama "Pumpkin" (2024), Bronze, Collection of Deji Art Museum, Nanjing, China DEJI Art Museum unveils new public project at Yangshan Lake on September 26 NANJING, JIANGSU, CHINA, September 28, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- A monumental bronze "Pumpkin" (2024) by artist Yayoi Kusama (1929-2026) is now installed beside Yangshan Lake in Nanjing's Xianlin area. The installation was completed Sept.
Shenzhen Huaqiangbei Reports Rapid AI Hardware Growth Ahead of APEC 2026
The 1.45 square kilometer electronics district is accelerating product development, cross-border trade and support for independent entrepreneurs SHENZHEN, GUANGDONG, CHINA, September 10, 2026 / EINPresswire.com/ -- As Shenzhen prepares to host the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Economic Leaders' Meeting in November, Huaqiangbei is drawing renewed attention as a compact center for electronics trade, product development and artificial intelligence hardware.
Nanjing Presents Participatory Heritage Conservation Practices at 48th World Heritage Committee Session
Wang Teng, Associate Research Fellow from the Nanjing City Wall Museum presenting Nanjing’s case study, highlighting the project’s international recognition A case presentation and digital exhibition highlight community-led conservation, digital reconstruction and neighborhood renewal on Nanjing's Ming City Wall Bring Every Brick Home Project repairs memory by looking to the past, while Digital Heritage That Never Disappears constructs imagination for the future” — Wang Teng BUSAN, SOUTH...
Carney’s Condo Bailout Is a Band-Aid Solution
The biggest policy failures often start with a faulty diagnosis. Prime Minister Mark Carney and B.C. Premier David Eby’s plan to convert thousands of vacant condo units into rent-to-own housing treats a symptom of Canada’s housing crisis instead of its underlying disease. According to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, there were 5,849 new and unsold apartments across B.C. in May, with roughly 75 per cent in Metro Vancouver.
Chinese students earn recognition for gender and climate sports initiative at UN headquarters
Chinese youth connect local action to global agenda The program began in 2024 as a community basketball initiative in Shanghai's Sanlin neighborhood, aimed at increasing girls' access to sports.
RIMAG and Tencent Launch 'Doctor Buddy' and Cranial CT AI System, Advancing Integrated Clinical Intelligence
The collaboration between RIMAG, Tencent, Yinghe Yimai, and clinical institutions reflects an ecosystem-based approach to advancing medical imaging AI. the platform supports applications across in-hospital care, out-of-hospital coordination, and primary care settings.
Starcoin Foundation, Starcoin Group (HKEX: 399) Launch Starcoin Token, Ushering in a 'Token-Stock Linkage' New Era
The Starcoin project is a crucial strategic upgrade in response to profound changes in the global financial landscape”HONG KONG, CHINA, October 12, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Starcoin Foundation (the "Foundation") announced today its collaboration with Starcoin Group Limited (Hong Kong Stock Exchange stock code: 399) to issue the Starcoin Token (STAR) on the Conflux eSpace public blockchain.
Opinion: In Metro Vancouver, what happens in one city affects us all
Advertisement 1 Opinion: Surrey city council has directed its staff to investigate withdrawing from Metro’s 2050 land and infrastructure plan. But regional planning helps local governments work together, instead of at cross purposes. Article content Framed in the lower Fraser Valley by mountains, the Salish Sea and the U.S. border, Metro Vancouver is renowned for its diversity and livability and was gifted with Canada’s best climate and soils for growing the widest range of crops.
Singapore Hosts Zheng He 620th Anniversary Gala, Inaugural Pan-Pacific Maritime Silk Road Culture, Tourism & Trade Forum
Dr. Lucia Lu Zhang, president of the International Zheng He Society, delivering a speech Marking a high-profile effort to leverage historical ties for modern cooperation It aimed to build cross-border partnerships while drawing on the legacy of the 15th-century Chinese explorer whose expeditions symbolized peaceful diplomacy.
China, South Africa Launch Business Center to Deepen Trade Ties
China, South Africa Launch Business Center to Deepen Trade Ties China, South Africa Launch Business Center to Deepen Trade Ties New facility aims to boost investment in energy, technology sectors between the two nations This marks that cooperation between young entrepreneurs from China and South Africa has entered a new stage of institutionalization” JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA, September 22, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- China and South Africa launched a joint business center Thursday aimed at...
Chinese Archaic Jade Exhibition Opens in New York
Chinese Archaic Jade Exhibition Opens in New York Jade is the language of Chinese civilization Over 100-piece of Chinese jade masterpieces on display, ranging from Liangzhu Culture some five thousand years ago, to the late Eastern Han Dynasty in 200 A.D Chinese jade artifacts, especially those designed and carved over 2000 years ago, represent the highest achievements of Chinese civilization, both in aesthetic artistry and in technological skills” NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, September 12,...
Memo to Carney and Robertson on Fixing Housing
[Editor’s note: This letter, signed by 27 prominent B.C. experts in urban planning and architecture, was sent last week to Prime Minister Mark Carney and Minister of Housing Gregor Robertson, and was cc’d to, among others, B.C. Premier David Eby, B.C. Minister of Housing Christine Boyle and Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim.] July 22, 2025 To: The Honourable Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada, and the Honourable Gregor Robertson, MP, Federal Minister of Housing and Infrastructure Re: Advancing...
China Cultural Expo: The Deep Integration of Culture and Technology, Shaping a New Blueprint for the Digital Era
China Cultural Expo: The Deep Integration of Culture and Technology, Shaping a New Blueprint for the Digital Era With the theme “Innovation Leads Trends, Creativity Lights Up Life,” the expo focuses on the frontier of cultural and technological integration SHENZHEN, GUANGDONG, CHINA, May 30, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The 21st China (Shenzhen) International Cultural Industries Fair (Cultural Expo) is currently in full swing.
Crafting the narrative: wealth migration, growth machines and the politics of housing affordability in Vancouver, Canada
ABSTRACT In many gateway cities – cities tightly locked into global flows of capital and people – immigration has become the largest component of population growth, and thus a major determinant of housing markets. In Vancouver, the arrival of wealthy migrants, many holding golden visas, plus significant offshore property investment, has contributed to rapid house price inflation.
Andy Yan: Making room for whom?
Opinion: It would be a pyrrhic victory if the city of Vancouver's policy to increase affordability by allowing six units to replace a single detached home displaces the remaining stock of the city’s rental homes for working-class families SFU researcher Andy Yan stands along East Broadway in Vancouver. Photo by Arlen Redekop /PNG Article content Residential density is only one aspect of public policy necessary to make this city more livable, sustainable, and just.
Andy Yan: A bus strike during a climate crisis? You’ve got to be kidding, Metro Vancouver
Metro Vancouver’s first transit strike since 2001 could be a crucible of whether our words, of wanting to address climate change, will match our actions, of funding one of the region’s most basic pieces of green infrastructure.
B.C.'s first rental-only zoning bylaw takes shape
As the City of Burnaby charges ahead with plans to become the first B.C. municipality to use new rental zoning powers, a local housing expert warns the plan is likely to run into unexpected challenges. “It’s the first one on the beach that gets shot,” said Andy Yan, director of Simon Fraser University’s City Program.
B.C.'s first rental zoning bylaw takes shape, as Burnaby plan moves forward
As the City of Burnaby charges ahead with plans to become the first B.C. municipality to use new rental zoning powers, a local housing expert warns the plan is likely to run into unexpected challenges. “It’s the first one on the beach that gets shot,” said Andy Yan, director of Simon Fraser University’s City Program.
B.C.'s first rental zoning bylaw takes shape, as Burnaby plan moves forward
As the City of Burnaby charges ahead with plans to become the first B.C. municipality to use new rental zoning powers, a local housing expert warns the plan likely to run into unexpected challenges. “It’s the first one on the beach that gets shot,” said Andy Yan, director of Simon Fraser University’s City Program.
B.C.'s first rental-only zoning bylaw takes shape
As the City of Burnaby charges ahead with plans to become the first B.C. municipality to use new rental zoning powers, a local housing expert warns the plan is likely to run into unexpected challenges. “It’s the first one on the beach that gets shot,” said Andy Yan, director of Simon Fraser University’s City Program.
B.C.'s first rental-only zoning bylaw takes shape
As the City of Burnaby charges ahead with plans to become the first B.C. municipality to use new rental zoning powers, a local housing expert warns the plan is likely to run into unexpected challenges. “It’s the first one on the beach that gets shot,” said Andy Yan, director of Simon Fraser University’s City Program.
Opinion: Vancouver’s Chinatown and redrawing the lines in the 'City of Optimists'
Opponents of the Keefer Street rezoning celebrate City Hall's decision not to let a tower be built in Chinatown. Arlen Redekop / PNG In the reverberations following the 105 Keefer St. rezoning rejection, the hearings lay bare the painful realities of city life in Vancouver. Amongst the gleaming towers and $6 lattes, life for many Vancouverites is increasingly vicious, indifferent and cruel. The public hearing became a sign of the growing frustrations and shortcomings of civic governance.
Andy Yan on the Chinatown Keefer Street rezoning proposal
A group of protesters gather outside of Vancouver City Hall on Tuesday to show their concern over a large development at 105 Keefer Street in Chinatown. Mark van Manen / PNG With the proposed rezoning of 105 Keefer and the prospective mass rezoning of the entire neighbourhood, Vancouver’s Chinatown faces a critical crossroads in its 130-plus-year existence — which paths will be chosen by Vancouver City Council over the next series of months.
A Step Back and One Vote to Go Forward: Numbers and Design for Transit in Metro Vancouver
The debate on the upcoming transit plebiscite has become a referendum on the management and performance of Translink and the extent to which a sales tax is the most appropriate means to fund transit infrastructure. The organization is not perfect and there is a temptation to use our vote as a protest; it’s worth stepping back and considering what’s at stake.
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