China, Canada diplomats expelled as row simmers

By Associated Press

May 10, 2023 12:47 am

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.

Beijing's Foreign Ministry said China was deploying a 'reciprocal countermeasure to Canada's unscrupulous move,' which it said it 'firmly opposes.'

WALK ON BY A man walks past the entrance of the building where the Canadian consul-general’s offices are located in the city of Shanghai, eastern China on Tuesday, May 9, 2023. AFP PHOTO

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