Beijing: A diplomatic spat between Beijing and Ottawa intensified as Canada warned its citizens of the risk of “arbitrary enforcement” of laws in China after a Canadian drug suspect was sentenced to death.
The Canadian government updated its travel advice yesterday, hours after a court in northeast China sentenced Robert Lloyd Schellenberg, 36, to death at a retrial after his previous 15-year prison term was deemed too lenient.
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