1. Off on a mission — TORONTO

John McCallum (right), Canada’s minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, is joined by MP Geng Tan on Aug 5 in Toronto, to meet with Chinese media before their trip to Beijing, Hong Kong and Manila during Aug 8-12. The minister said that Canada hopes to set up more visa application centers in China in addition to the current four centres in Guangzhou, Shanghai, Beijing and Chongqing. NA LI / CHINA DAILY