China has expelled a Canadian diplomat in Shanghai in response to Canada's decision to expel a Chinese diplomat in Toronto
On Monday, Canada expelled Chinese diplomat Zhao Wei after an intelligence report accused him of trying to target a Canadian lawmaker who criticized China's treatment of the Muslim Uighur minority.
"We will not tolerate any form of foreign interference," Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Jolie said on Monday
China's foreign ministry said in a statement that Beijing had asked Canadian diplomat Jennifer Lynn Lalonde to leave the country by May 13 in response to Canada's unreasonable actions
Diplomatic tension between the two countries has escalated since the arrest of Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies, in 2018, and Beijing's arrest of two Canadians on espionage charges. the three countries released them in 2021.
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