Michael Spavor

Dominic Barton brings to his new job as Canada's ambassador to China the acumen of a savvy, globe-trotting business consultant with an enriched understanding of how to properly grease wheels and make profitable deals.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived on Friday, August 23, 2019, for this weekend's long-awaited G7 summit in France, where he plans to try to shore up Canada's trade and economic interests in one-on-one meetings with several world leaders before the official gathering gets underway.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo slammed any suggestion that two Canadians being detained in China are on par with the arrest here of a Chinese tech executive at the United States' behest, firing a counter-punch on Thursday, August 22, 2019, in an escalating feud between Canada and China.

Canada won't back down in its defence of Canadians against an increasingly assertive China, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday, August 21, 2019, following another round of sharp criticism from the Asian country.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Canada later this week to meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland.

It would be a mistake to label pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong as terrorists, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Wednesday, August 13, 2019, as her government issued a pointed warning to Canadians about travelling to the semi-independent Chinese territory.

Prominent human rights activists and Chinese political dissidents warned on Tuesday, August 13, 2019, about the potential for a brutal crackdown on protesters in Hong Kong.

The federal government is warning Canadians about travelling to Hong Kong amid massive protests and the Chinese military amassing on the border.

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland and her British counterpart presented a united front on Tuesday, August 6, 2019, when it came to voicing concerns about two Canadians detained in China.

Consular officials in China have met for the 10th time with a detained Canadian, Global Affairs Canada said on Monday, August 5, 2019.

The diplomatic tensions between Canada and China took what Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland styled on Friday, August 2, 2019, as a positive step after she finally landed a face-to-face meeting with her Chinese counterpart to talk about two Canadians being detained in China.

The choice to reach out to two former ambassadors to China was part of an effort to make sure experts were sufficiently informed, not to pressure them into toeing the line, Liberal MPs said on Tuesday, July 30, 2019, as they shut down opposition efforts to investigate the matter.

An external review of the extradition of Ottawa academic Hassan Diab has concluded that federal lawyers on the case did their jobs ethically and within the law.

Ottawa is creating conditions for the telecom giant Huawei to create a monopoly on high-speed internet in Canada's Far North, leaving its residents vulnerable to Beijing's will, says a leading analyst.

Canadian inspectors intercepted nearly 900 food products from China over concerns about faulty labels, unmentioned allergens and harmful contaminants that included glass and metal between 2017 and early 2019, according to internal federal records.