China-Canada ties sour over tit-for-tat diplomatic expulsions

Beijing retaliates for Ottawa declaring Chinese envoy persona non grata

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin speaks during a regular news conference in Beijing on May 9, when China announced the retaliatory expulsion of a Canadian diplomat. © AP

CK TAN, Nikkei staff writer

SHANGHAI -- China expelled a Canadian diplomat Tuesday, in a tit-for-tat move after Ottawa the previous day declared a Chinese envoy persona non grata.

Jennifer Lynn Lalonde, who works for the Canadian Consulate General in Shanghai, has until May 13 to leave China, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

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