Negative Views of China Harden in Canada on Arbitrary Detentions
- Poll finds just 14% of Canadians see Beijing favorably
- More than three quarters also deplore treatment of Uighurs
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Public opinion of China is becoming entrenched at a record low in Canada, with Beijing’s use of arbitrary detention and treatment of its minority Muslim population resonating strongly in a new poll.
More than three quarters of respondents in an Angus Reid Institute survey released Tuesday said relations can’t improve while China holds two Canadians on national security charges. It locked the pair up within days of the 2018 arrest of a top Huawei Technologies Co. executive in Vancouver on a U.S. extradition request.