Canadian woman briefly detained at Beijing airport -paper


  • World
  • Thursday, 17 Jan 2019

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A Canadian woman whose father is a dissident jailed in China was briefly detained and "bullied" by security agents while transiting through Beijing's main airport on Wednesday, the Toronto-based Globe and Mail newspaper said.

Ties between the two countries have been strained since the December arrest in Vancouver of a senior Chinese executive on a U.S. arrest warrant, which was followed by China's detention of two Canadians, on suspicion of endangering state security.

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