Xi rebukes Canada's Trudeau over 'leaked' discussions

Leaders talked privately about China's 'interference,' Canadian paper reports

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Group of 20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, on Nov. 16. © Reuters

TSUKASA HADANO, Nikkei staff writer

BALI, Indonesia -- Chinese President Xi Jinping confronted Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit here Wednesday to complain about a purported media leak of a private discussion between the two leaders a day earlier, candid footage posted online shows.

"Everything we discussed has been leaked to the papers. That's not appropriate," Xi told Trudeau during a 10-minute conversation through an interpreter. "That's not the way our conversation was conducted."

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