Trudeau Riles China 50 Years After His Father Forged Ties
- Beijing lodges formal complaint over Canadian leader’s remarks
- Ex-envoy sees reaction as sign PM’s stronger tone is working
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China lashed out at Canada after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vowed to stand up to Beijing’s “coercive diplomacy.”
The rebuke marred the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries, established by Trudeau’s late father, former Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau. Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told reporters Wednesday that the Canadian government was “hypocritical and weak” for failing to acknowledge that its cooperation with a U.S. extradition request against a Chinese executive was the source of their diplomatic strains.