BEIJING: On Friday, May 5, China rebuked Canada for what it called” groundless libel and libel” after Ottawa summoned Beijing’s ambassador in response to claims that a Chinese diplomat had attempted to scare an American lawmaker and his family.
According to foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning,” China is highly displeased with Canada’s baseless slander and defamation of the healthy performance of duties by the Foreign embassy and consulates in Canada and strongly opposes it.”
She claimed that Beijing had” lodged a good protest” against the decision with the Canadian ambassador to China.
Following a damning report this week in the Globe and Mail that Ottawa had ignored Beijing’s meddling in American politics, Parliamentarian Michael Chong has spearheaded an uprising in Canada.
According to the press, China’s intelligence service intended to punish Chong and his family in Hong Kong for voting in February 2021 to pass a motion denouncing Beijing for its actions in the province of Xinjiang as genocide, according to classified documents and an unnamed security source.
According to reports, a political representative from China’s embassy in Toronto was involved in the plot, prompting Ottawa to declare that it was” evaluating various methods, including the expulsion of diplomats.”
On Friday, Beijing vehemently denied any wrongdoing, claiming that the incident had been” hyped up by some American politicians and media.”
The assertions, according to Mao, are” complete nonsense and a social farce based on philosophical prejudice.”
She added,” It is entirely legitimate and necessary for China to respond forcefully ,” citing earlier disputes between the two nations that” seriously damaged China’s interests.”
Following disclosures that Beijing sought to influence Canada’s 2019 and 2021 elections, French Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been under increasing pressure to have a tough stance with Beijing.
The accusations, which Beijing has refuted, are now the subject of hearings by legislative committees and inquiries by Canada’s election business.