Departing Chinese ambassador on career ‘fast-track,’ rhetoric worsened relations, say former diplomats

Canada has been without an ambassador in China for five months, during a time when relations with China have worsened. Now, there’s reports Chinese Ambassador to Canada, Lu Shaye, is set to depart for a new post.

China's outgoing ambassador to Canada Lu Shaye, who spoke to reporters at the Chinese embassy on Jan. 17 about Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou, is expected to leave Ottawa later this month for a post in Paris, according to media reports.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

June 12, 2019

Lu Shaye’s short stint in Canada suggests the politically connected outgoing Chinese ambassador is on a career fast-track, according to former Canadian diplomats who say Mr. Lu’s departure could be a positive shift in the chilly

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