OTTAWA: Ottawa said on Monday (May 9) it would expel a Chinese diplomat accused of having sought to intimidate a Canadian lawmaker critical of Beijing, plunging the two nations into a new diplomatic row. Foreign
, plunging the two nations into a new diplomatic row.
The move aggravated already strained Sino-Canadian relations, with China saying Canada had"sabotaged" relations between the two nations. According to a source familiar with the matter, Zhao Wei, an official at the Chinese consulate in Toronto at the heart of the affair, has been asked to leave Canada within five days.
The latest allegations were used by his critics to further accuse him of inertia in the face of foreign meddling. All three have been released, but Beijing has continued to blast Ottawa for aligning with Washington's China policy while Canadian officials have regularly accused China of interference. On Monday, Chong told reporters in Ottawa:"It shouldn't have taken the targeting of a member of Parliament to make this decision".
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