Beijing's embassy in Ottawa said the executions were due to drug crimes and noted that China does not recognize dual citizenship.

Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly said China has executed four Canadian dual citizens in recent months. Joly said she and former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asked for clemency in the drug ...

China executed four Canadian nationals over drug charges earlier this year, prompting strong rebukes from the Western country amidst an already rocky relationship. It is unclear exactly when this ...

"There are four Canadians that have been executed and therefore we are strongly condemning what happened," Joly told reporters. Wang Yi, China’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, said China had ...

China has provoked international outrage after it 'inhumanely' executed four Canadian nationals accused of drug-smuggling, with mass killings by Beijing's firing squads furiously condemned by ...

Canada's Foreign Minister Melanie Joly told reporters in Ottawa on Wednesday that China had executed four Canadian citizens in recent weeks, defying pleas from Ottawa for leniency. "We strongly ...

The country is extremely tough on drug-related crime. A Frenchman, convicted in 2010 by a Canton court, is still on death row.

Beijing suggested on Thursday the Canadians had been convicted over narcotics offences, saying "... combating drug crimes is the common responsibility of all countries".

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Wang Di says Washington should not force Canada to choose between the U.S. and China because that would further destabilize the global economy.

Ottawa issues rebuke against Beijing, saying the executions took place earlier this year.

China executed four Canadians in recent months, Canada’s foreign affairs minister said Wednesday. Such executions of Westerners are relatively rare. Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly said she and ...