A notice by the Chinese Foreign Ministry urged Chinese citizens to be aware of the risks of being “arbitrarily detained at the request of a third nation” in Canada
One day after the Canadian government finally caved in to demands from conservative lawmakers and issued a travel advisory warning its citizens about the “arbitrary enforcement of laws” on the mainland – a warning that was apparently prompted by a local court handing down a death sentence to a Canadian citizen convicted of trafficking drugs – China has hit back with a tit-for-tat travel advisory of its own.
According to the South China Morning Post, a notice by the Chinese Foreign Ministry urged Chinese citizens to be aware of the risks of being “arbitrarily detained at the request of a third nation” in Canada, and urged caution when making travel plans – an obvious reference to the arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou, who was arrested in Vancouver last month at the behest of the US.
In addition to the death sentence handed down to Schellenberg, a ruling that many accused of being politically influenced due to the suspiciously swift appeal and hearing, China has arrested two Canadians, a former diplomat and a businessman, on vague “National Security” charges.
