Another Canadian detained in China with reason and identity unknown
- Canada’s foreign ministry did not provide further details or say whether the case was related to the detention of 19 people earlier in the week
- On Tuesday, police in Xuzhou said it had detained 19 people on drug-related charges and that 16 of them were foreigners
A Canadian citizen has been detained in the Chinese city of Yantai, a Canadian government spokesman said on Saturday, an incident that comes amid chilly diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Global Affairs, as Canada’s foreign ministry is known, did not provide further details or say whether the case was related to the detention of 19 people earlier in the week.
Neither the foreign ministry in Beijing nor the police authority in Yantai – a coastal city in the east China province of Shandong – have commented on the matter.
Calls to Yantai police went unanswered on Sunday.
Relations between China and Canada nosedived in December after Vancouver police detained Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies Co, on a US arrest warrant. Beijing is demanding her return.
After Meng’s arrest, China detained two Canadians, accusing them of involvement in stealing state secrets.