Chinese ambassador Lu Shaye also says Canada’s arrest of a Huawei Technologies executive was an act of “backstabbing” by a friend. Continue reading →

The cotton seedling, which sprouted on the far side of the moon this month, died when temperatures on the moon dropped as low as -170 C, Chinese media reported. Continue reading →

It is the oldest rule in global relations: Don’t jail another country’s diplomats. Continue reading →

China is rebuffing the latest broadside from Canada over its detention of Canadian citizens, rejecting the assertion that China’s behaviour poses a threat to all nations. Continue reading →

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland spoke Tuesday and “expressed their concerns about the arbitrary detentions and politically motivated sentencing of Canadian nationals.” Continue reading →

China said on Wednesday that it was “not worried in the slightest” by mounting international concern over the death sentence handed to a Canadian for drug smuggling. Continue reading →

Port Coquitlam Mayor Brad West had harsh words for trustees from School District 43, who may soon be heading off on an all-expenses-paid trip to China. Continue reading →

One day after China sentenced a Canadian man to die, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says officials have made a formal request for clemency. Continue reading →

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is trying to shore up international support in the diplomatic feud with China over Canadian detainees, including the pending death sentence to an alleged drug smuggler from British Columbia. Continue reading →

Chinese scientists say they have successfully sprouted cotton seedlings on the moon, making China the first nation to grow a plant on another world. Continue reading →