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China Explained

 Ottawa Life Magazine has been publishing a Canada-China Series since 2013. The series focuses on bi-lateral interests, business affairs, people-to-people relations, Chinese culture and the Chinese diaspora in Canada. Since 2018 there has been tension in the Canada Chinese political relationship. Ottawa Life Magazine has continued and will continue to publish

Best of Chinatown: Variety and flavour at New Pho Bo Ga La

 New Pho Bo Ga La in Ottawa’s bustling Chinatown at 763 Somerset serves big, delicious flavours in a variety of different Asian cuisines. When I visited on a bright, sunny afternoon unseasonably warm for spring in a Canadian city, I was treated to a big, hot bowl of spicy Thai

Best of Chinatown: Yangtze Dining Lounge’s elevated Chinese classics

 The Yangtze Dining Lounge is a staple of the restaurant scene in Ottawa’s Chinatown. Yangtze has treated its customers to the highest quality service and authentic Szechuan and Cantonese cuisine since opening in its iconic building at 700 Somerset in 1982. With a long menu and plenty to choose from,

Best of Chinatown: Special, spicy Sri Lankan food at Karuna Cafe 

 Natalia and Alita, a pair of sisters from Ottawa, opened the Karuna Cafe four years ago to share the Sri Lankan food and culture they love with the world—or, at the very least, with their city. “We love making food,” Natalia said, “And we want people to know about our

Best of Chinatown: Explore new flavours with Rangoon’s delicious Burmese cuisine

 Rangoon Restaurant, at 634 Somerset, is very hard to miss: look for bright lime-green porch railings and electric blue accents on a red brick storefront on your next trip through Ottawa’s Chinatown. In the summer, bright flowers will burst from the flower boxes on the patio’s edge and pink umbrellas

Best of Chinatown: Try fun twists on old favourites with Spark Beer

 John, co-owner of Spark Beer with his wife Andrea, loves to talk about beer. It’s this passion that led the two to launch Spark Beer, one of Ottawa’s newer craft breweries, in January 2020. The dream behind Spark was a community spot for great, unique beer and good company and

Renewed call for telecommunications watchdog in wake of Rogers-Shaw deal

 The massive deal between communications giants Rogers and Shaw has thrown even more light on Canada’s cornered telecommunications market. High prices from lack of competition gouge customers nation-wide in their hunt for affordable television, phone, and internet service. According to Democracy Watch, simply making stronger rules won’t stop it. Instead,

Unicorns in China: Beijing leads world in billion-dollar startups

 China has become a rich source of unicorns. The beautiful, magical creatures—private start-up companies that have reached a billion-dollar valuation— are so named because of their statistical rarity. Unicorns also travel in packs that orbit buzzing cities. When one thinks of start-ups, their minds often leap to San Francisco or

Best of Chinatown: Spectacular Pho at Saigon Boy Noodle House

 Saigon Boy Noodle House sits at 648 Somerset street at the eastern edge of Ottawa’s Chinatown and serves up fantastic, authentic pho certain to warm anyone from the inside out. It's an unassuming, simple restaurant with a menu that is anything but. Though dine-in is not available at the moment,