Author: ROB GILLIES Associated Press, ABC News
Published on: 19/03/2025 | 18:11:45
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China executed unspecified number of Canadians earlier this year, Canada’s government says. Beijing’s embassy in Ottawa said the executions were due to drug crimes. Ottawa continues to advocate for clemency for Robert Schellenberg, a Canadian sentenced to death. China is Canada’s second largest trading partner, but relations have been bad since Canadian authorities in 2018 arrested a former Huawei executive. China jailed two Canadians shortly after Canada arrested Meng Wanzhou, the daughter of the company’s founder, on a U.S. Extradition request. Many countries called China’s action “hostage politics” while China described the charges against Huawei and Meng as a politically motivated attempt to hold back China’s economic and technological development.
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