Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said on Thursday that he hoped the government-approved appointment of Dominic Barton as the Canada ambassador to China would ‘play a positive role in getting China-Canada relations back on track,’ and urged Canada to release Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou currently detained in Vancouver.
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