A Chinese spokesperson accused Canada of acting in \u0022condescending manner\u0022 following a testy exchange between Xi Jinping and Justin Trudeau.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning’s comments came after Xi chastised Trudeau at the G-20 summit on Wednesday over media reports on an earlier meeting during which Trudeau expressed concern about Chinese interference in Canada’s internal affairs. The apparently spontaneous exchange with a translator present was captured on video.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Ottawa SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.
“In Canada, we believe in free and open and frank dialogue and that is what we will continue to have,” Trudeau said. “We will continue to look to work constructively together, but there will be things we will disagree on.”Article contentMao said nothing Xi said should be interpreted as a threat. Asked later at a news conference about the confrontation, Trudeau said, “not every conversation is always going to be easy, but it’s extremely important that we continue to stand up for the things that are important for Canadians.”
China-Canada ties nosedived after China jailed two Canadians shortly after Canada arrested Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies and the daughter of the company’s founder, on a U.S. extradition request in December 2018.Article content More recently, Canadian police charged a Hydro-Quebec employee on Monday with espionage for allegedly sending trade secrets to China.Article content
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