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A8 THE OTTAWA CITIZEN SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 2005 NEWS Chinese president's visit seen as boost to relations Stops in Toronto, Vancouver to include discussions on trade, human rights 'i If- Mr. Hu is then off to Toronto for a dinner hosted by the Canada-China Business Council, to be followed by a trip to Mexico, then New York for the UN address, to be followed by a stop in Washington to meet with U.S. President George W. Bush. His final stop is expected Sepf.

16-17 in Vancouver. Mr. Hu, who succeeded Jiang Zemin as president of the People's Republic of China in 2003, is now considered China's supreme leader. He also holds the titles of chairman of the Central Military Commission and general secretary of the Communist Party of Chi-na. THE VANCOUVER SUN "This is a very strong signal of the importance of the bilateral But the stops in Toronto and Vancouver might also signal China's interest in connecting with the growing number of mainland Chinese nationals living in Canada.

"It will be an event that will be highlighted in the calendar of the Chinese community throughout the country," Mr. Woo said. "It wouldn't surprise me if one of the reasons he's coming is precisely in recognition of the growing community of immigrants from the mainland to Canada, and the strong ties between Canada and China not merely at the diplomatic level but also at the level of people-to-people relations." Zuo Wenxng, a spokes--woman at China's embassy in Ottawa, confirmed yesterday that Canadian and Chinese officials are discussing details of the visit, "but nothing is finalized." Mr. Woo said he hopes Canada and China will use the visit to finalize a major agreement to give Canada Approved Destination Status, which would vastly increase the number of Chinese tourists visiting Canada. The tentative schedule has the president arriving in Ottawa Sept.

8 or 9, with a working day of bilateral meetings as well as a gala event. which includes a stop in Vancouver where Mr. Hu and Prime Minister Paul Martin will attend a banquet in the president's honour, is a coup for Canada and a major step for Canada-China relations, said Yuen Pau Woo, vice-president of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada "It's a recognition of the importance of Canada-China relations and the commitment to forge a relationship at the highest level," Mr. Woo said. "It's a huge amount of his time, and these will be substantive visits.

BY PETER O'NEIL Chinese President Hu Jintao is planning his first visit to North America with stops in Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver early next month. The scheduled tour, which includes an address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Sept. 14, will include extensive Canada-China discussions on trade, investment, human rights and cultural exchanges, said a senior federal source. The extended Canadian visit, CLARO CORTES IV, REUTERS President Hu Jintao's visit shows the importance of China-Canada relations, the Asia Pacific Foundation says. tt ffi ra ANY 5 AtREADy REDUCED ITEMS AND ONIYPAVFOR4 Website: Professor a critic of U.S., Israeli policies mother of all SIDEWALK WALK" SALES I NOW! ON Columbia north, I MlERREl-l-1 STTIMBFRLAND ri' vy5 -s, 744-4040 1875 Innes Rd.

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He has an obligation as a professor towards the young minds he teaches." B'nai Brith is monitoring the website closely, and putting pressure on the of to act "His connection with the university might put some responsibility on the university to hold him to a certain standard of acceptable civil discourse," said Ms. Bromberg. A of spokesman said the university has not yet received a complaint from B'nai Brith, and is not prepared to intervene. "Until we're it's something that we just don't see a role for us to be involved in," said Bob LeDrew. A specialist in globalization and the economics of developing countries, Mr.

Chossudovsky, 59, has a reputation for producing radical critiques often out of step with the views of his colleagues. Since 1968, when he left his native Switzerland to take a position at the of Mr. Chossudovsky has produced research that keeps him on the margins of mainstream academia, but wins praise from anti-establishment intellectuals such as Noam Chomsky. While he is rarely quoted in mainstream academic journals, Mr. Chossudovsky is a popular figure among anti-globalization activists, and is widely quoted in newspapers.

He writes regularly for the French-language monthly Le Monde diplomatique, and his books, published by a small printing house in Britain, have been translated into 11 languages. Students who take his courses rave about his unorthodox views, going so far as to dub him "Canada's Chomsky." More recently, Mr. Chossudovsky's research has turned his attention to terrorism. He has written articles accusing the U.S. of plotting to conquer the world with Britain and Israel, and suggesting Osama bin Laden is a CIA asset.

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Chossudovsky himself. Under Canadian law, website owners can be liable for material they knowingly post, even if they haven't produced it themselves. "I know this isn't his own writing, but he's certainly got a responsibility for the website, which, I checked, is registered in his name," said Anita Bromberg, B'nai Brith's legal counsel and human rights cc-ordinator. The site identifies Mr. Chossudovsky as the director of the Centre for Research on Globalization and editor of globalresearch.ca.

His wife, Micheline Ladouceur, is listed as associate editor. They manage the site out of Montreal. The site does not mention Mr. Chos-sudovsky's position at the university, nor does his website at the of refer to globalresearch.ca. However, an Internet search of Mr.

Chossu-dovsky's name shows he is listed as an adviser for a Swedish-based group called the Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research. Its website contains a biography of Mr. Chossudovsky, his contact information at the of and a link to globalresearch.ca. When reached in South Korea, where he is on a research trip, Mr. Chossudovsky said the offending messages were removed from the forum after he was made aware of them by the Citizen.

But as of late yesterday, some of the postings remained on the site. A discussion thread about 911, contained a message that casts doubt on the Auschwitz death count. Other postings under a forum on globalization have titles such as "The Hilarious Auschwitz Story" and "The Lie is Finished." Mr. Chossudovsky indicated that despite monitoring the forum "periodically," he did not know about the inflammatory messages, even though they had been posted since March. He added that while he has received complaints before about offensive content on the site, the volume of messages on the forum makes it difficult for him to control what is posted.

"We don't choose the articles that go up, and when we see that there are texts which are racist or hateful, we do, to the best of our abilities, try to remove them" Mr. Chossudovsky described himself as being of Jewish descent, and said he has relatives who were Holocaust victims. "I'm the first person to withdraw any kind of hate material directed against the Jewish people." He went on to defend the reprinted articles that have also sparked complaints, saying they are legitimate commentary representing views that are "anti-Zionist, not anti-Semitic." "It's an analysis of Israeli policy which we don't support," said Mr. Chossudovsky, an antiwar commentator and an outspoken critic of U.S. and Israeli policies.

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