Chinese ambassador says some politicians putting ‘personal political interests’ above Canada-China relationship

Chinese Ambassador Cong Peiwu says the U.S. has not taken any concrete measures to help Canada in its difficulties with China, while the U.S. State Department says Secretary Antony Blinken has ‘raised several cases’ of arbitrarily detained Canadian citizens.

Chinese Ambassador Cong Peiwu says that Canada needs to act independently from the U.S. and release Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY NEIL MOSS

August 26, 2021

Amid a narrowing federal election, the Chinese ambassador to Canada says some politicians are putting their own “political interests” ahead of the Canada-China relationship, in an apparent reference to the Conservative Party. Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole (Durham, Ont.) has been a vocal crit...

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