Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson is on Day 9 or so of his China visit. In an interview with Anthony Germain in Shanghai, he was asked whether he doesn’t have foresee difficulties working with an authoritarian regime like China. The mayor said no, going on to give a relatively bland answer about making connections with people.

Then, unsolicited, he went on to praise the way the Chinese get things done on the environmental front in comparison with democracies. My story on this here.