Weibo is billed as China’s most popular social media platform, combining elements of Twitter, YouTube and Instagram. In September, Weibo’s microblogging and social media services surpassed Twitter, and now reaches 376,000 monthly active users. Champagne, Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains and Bardish Chagger, small business and tourism minister, will accompany Trudeau for the duration of the trip. Environment Minister Catherine McKenna is also headed to China, but she’ll be with Trudeau only in Beijing, where she’ll be promoting clean energy co-operation with her Chinese counterparts. After Beijing, Trudeau is scheduled to move on to the city of Guangzhou where he’ll give the keynote speech at a global business conference and meet with various business leaders about trade and investment.

Source: National Post December 02, 2017 21:45 UTC