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Prime Minister Stephen Harper has touched down in Beijing, kicking off his second visit to China since 2009. The presence of several high-level Canadian oil and energy company executives has bolstered expectations the prime minister will be pushing to increase Chinese investment in the sector. Satisfying China's demand for oil, however, potentially hinges on the construction of the Northern Gateway pipeline linking Alberta's oil sands and a port on the west coast of British Columbia. American President Obama doesn't want our dirty oil Keystone Pipeline XL. Harper will be under pressure not only to raise China's weekend veto of a UN Security Council resolution condemning the rising violence in Syria, but also China's human rights record. What could we do in Syria against Assad, just one radical Islamic Terrorist group will replace another. Ahead of the trip, China's ambassador to Canada signalled that any critics should think before they speak. "Canada and China are different in terms of history, culture, social system and stage of development," Zhang Junsai wrote in a letter to The Canadian Press. "Instead of being barriers, these differences should be drivers for deeper understanding." All this talk on China's Human Rights records, well we're doing business to bolster our economy.