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Ambassador to China to leave post after helping free detainees

Dec. 6, 2021 at 4:06 pm CST

Ottawa | Reuters –– Canada’s ambassador to China said on Monday he would soon leave his post after a two-year assignment where he helped secure the freedom of two Canadian detainees despite icy relations between Beijing and Ottawa. Dominic Barton’s departure, which will take effect Dec. 31, leaves a crucial […]

Xi raised Huawei case in recent call with Biden, White House says

Sep. 27, 2021 at 4:21 pm CDT

By alexandra-alper

‘Two Michaels’ have left China, Trudeau says

Sep. 24, 2021 at 8:13 pm CDT

By Reuters

Huawei executive, U.S. reach deal to dismiss charges

Sep. 24, 2021 at 10:43 am CDT

By Karen Freifeld Kenneth Li

Pompeo urges China to release two detained Canadians

Jun. 22, 2020 at 7:54 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S.-China deal should secure Canadians’ release, Trudeau says

Dec. 19, 2019 at 7:05 pm CST

Ottawa | Reuters — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday that the U.S. government should not finalize a trade deal with China unless the pact also secured the release of two Canadians detained by Beijing. The two men were picked up separately in December 2018, shortly after police […]

By Kelsey Johnson