Beijing announced early Tuesday morning that it would expel a Canadian diplomat from China as a retaliatory measure after the Canadian government announced the day before that a Chinese diplomat who reportedly targeted an MP and his family is no longer welcome in Canada.
Beijing declared Jennifer Lynn Lalonde, consul in the Canadian consulate in Shanghai, “persona non grata” on May 9 and ordered her to leave China by May 13.
China’s Foreign Affairs Ministry said in a statement that the regime took the action as it “strongly condemns and firmly opposes” Canada’s move to expel Chinese diplomat Zhao Wei on May 8….