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<p>Fox news ran stories last night based on some of the things we were tracking right here in this post. Here is their on line story.</p> <p>As unfinished as my research is, I feel compelled to release what I've found so far as the story cannot wait any longer.  I am not looking for a scoop on anyone or anything, but at the same time I don't want anyone thinking I made this stuff up after the fact either.</p>

The high profile Dalai Lama may be able to do something for Canadian taxpayers that no one else is doing: force public attention to the bustling business deals springing up between China and Canada. The Chinese government’s interest in the acquisition of Toronto-based Noranda Mines is well known. That two Canadian mining firms are in the Dalai Lama’s bad books for having plans that could irreversibly damage the ecology of the Tibetan plateau is not so well known. The companies–Continental Minerals of Vancouver and Inter-Citic of Toronto--had taken up invitations by China to prospect for gold and copper in its...

Is China’s ownership interest in Alberta oil sands being financed with Canadian tax dollars? Officials with Sinopec Corp.-- a company majority owned by the Chinese government has already been in Alberta for their own look-see--an actual tour of the oil sands. A second Chinese state-owned company, Minmetals Corp. is working on a bid to acquire Toronto-based mine company Noranda Inc.--a deal worth more than $7 billion. When the fix is in, the Canadian Liberal Government will have managed to sell off our nation’s coveted natural resources–allowing China to buy them with our own money! This story begins and ends with...