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Aug 19, 2021
China Upholds Retaliatory Death Sentence Imposed on Canadian Citizen, Escalating Diplomatic Dispute
As China awaited a decision on whether Canada would extradite a top Chinese businesswoman to the U.S. on criminal charges, a Chinese court upheld a controversial death sentence imposed on a Canadian man, further escalating tensions between the two nations. On August 10, 2021, a Chinese court denied the appeal of Robert Schellenberg, a Canadian national who was sentenced to death in China one month after Canadian officials arrested Meng Wanzhou, Chief Financial Officer at Chinese technology…