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The Vancouver Chinese Freemasons (VCF), a local chapter of the Chinese Freemasons founded in 1888, [68] and the Kuomintang were the two primary fraternal associations in Vancouver as of 1964. [60] As of 1991 the VCF had over 3,000 members. The Freemasons chapter founded the oldest Chinese newspaper in Canada, the Chinese Times, in 1907. The VCF ...
The organization initially acted as an unofficial consulate of the Chinese government; the San Francisco consulate gave permission to Chinese businesspersons in Vancouver to establish the CCBA in the spring of that year. [118] This function continued until the 1908 opening of the Chinese Embassy in Ottawa. [14]
Consulate General Vancouver: ... United States bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade; Foreign relations of the Republic of China. List of diplomatic missions of ...
Embassy 2007 [31] Niger: Embassy Unknown Swaziland [c] High Commission 1999 [32] Syria: Embassy 2012 Calgary France: Consulate-General 2013 [33] Edmonton France: Consulate 1996 [34] Japan: Consulate-General 2005 [35] Hamilton Italy: Vice-consulate 2000 [36] Montreal Czechia: Consulate-General 2010 [37] South Africa: Consulate-General 2002 Sweden
1977–1981 Chinese Consulate General in Vancouver 1986–1990 Second Secretary, Permanent Mission, First Secretary People's Republic of China 1990–1994 First Secretary Ministry of Foreign Affairs Translation Office, Director
Located in Ottawa, the office functions as a de facto embassy in the absence of formal diplomatic relations between Canada and Taiwan. The office is headed by a representative serving as the de facto ambassador to Canada. [1] Additional branch offices are located in Toronto, [2] Vancouver and Montreal. [3]
As a Commonwealth country, Canada's diplomatic missions in the capitals of other Commonwealth countries are referred to as High Commissions (as opposed to embassies).Canada has diplomatic and consular offices (including honorary consuls that are not included in this list) in over 270 locations in approximately 180 foreign countries.
On 6 June 1989, 5,000 members of the Vancouver Chinese community, also marched down Granville Street in Vancouver to the Chinese Consulate and held a 40-minute candlelight memorial service. [83] Six days later, on 12 June 1989, more members of the Vancouver's Chinese community rallied in Vancouver's Chinatown.