Canada’s foreign minister says the country is considering the expulsion of Chinese diplomats over an intelligence agency report saying one of them plotted to intimidate the Hong Kong relatives of a Canadian lawmaker.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government is assessing the consequences of potentially expelling a Chinese diplomat accused in media reports of targeting a Canadian lawmaker’s family for sanctions for political reasons.
Lawmaker Michael Chong was targeted for his criticism of Beijing's treatment of Uyghur Muslims in China's Xinjiang province, Canadian foreign ministry said.
Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said her department was summoning China’s ambassador to a meeting to underline that Canada won’t tolerate such interference.
Canada on Monday expelled a Chinese diplomat following allegations Beijing tried to intimidate a Canadian politician and interfere in the country's elections, in a move that raises tensions between the two countries.
BEIJING >> China announced the expulsion of a Canadian diplomat on Tuesday in retaliation for Ottawa ordering a Chinese consular official to leave the country over alleged threats he made against a Canadian lawmaker and his family.
Canada and China have each expelled each other's diplomats in a tit-for-tat exchange following allegations that a Chinese ambassador harassed a Canadian lawmaker.
Ottawa said Monday it would expel a Chinese diplomat accused of having sought to intimidate a Canadian lawmaker critical of Beijing, plunging the two nations into a new diplomatic row.
The action is the latest salvo in turbulent relations between the two countries, once strong partners in trade whose ties have substantially been eroded by geopolitics.
Beijing-Ottawa relations have come to a head after a report last week revealed that Chinese diplomat Zhao Wei intimidated a Canadian lawmaker and his family.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government is expelling a Chinese diplomat whom Canada’s spy agency alleged was involved in a plot to intimidate an opposition lawmaker and his relatives in Hong Kong.
Canada has expelled a Chinese diplomat accused of intimidating a lawmaker, with Beijing ordering Ottawa's consul in Shanghai to leave in a tit-for-tat move.
China on Tuesday expelled a Canadian diplomat in Shanghai in a tit-for-tat after Ottawa told a Toronto-based Chinese diplomat to leave the country, escalating already tense bilateral relations amid concerns…
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government is expelling a Chinese diplomat whom Canada’s spy agency alleged was involved in a plot to intimidate an opposition lawmaker and his relatives in Hong Kong.
The two countries have expelled diplomats in tit-for-tat moves as part of an escalating diplomatic dispute centered on fears Beijing is ramping up efforts to interfere abroad.
China ordered a Canadian diplomat in Shanghai to leave after Ottawa expelled a Chinese official who had been accused of gathering information on a Canadian lawmaker.
Ottawa orders Zhao Wei out of country after allegations that Zhao attempted to intimidate Canadian lawmaker critical of Beijing’s treatment of minority Uyghur Muslims
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