Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation APEC Leaders: Chinese President Hu Jintao

Prime Minister Stephen Harper Dept: Harper made his comments Thursday while speaking at Bloomberg's Canada-Asia Dialogue conference in Vancouver. The brief stopover was made ahead of his trip to Russia for the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation APEC Leaders' Summit, where Chinese President Hu Jintao will also be in attendance, according to CBC. During the half-hour discussion, Harper spoke primarily about building trade relations around the world, particularly with China and prime Minister Stephen Harper says he wants to deepen economic ties between Canada and China, but that it will be up to the eastern nation to show its willingness to "play by the same rules." Bloomberg anchor and editor-at-large Erik Schatzker sat down with Harper for a QaA session, where they discussed Canada's economic relationship with Asia, the ongoing debt crisis in Europe and the U.S. energy policy. 'We can't make it a prerequisite of doing business that they've got to become just like us. But we do have to accept that there are differences and factor those differences into how we conduct ourselves.' Prime Minister Stephen Harper (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.