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加發中國旅遊警告 杜魯多批北京任意判死
中加关系因为孟晚舟案陷入低潮，随后中国拘捕两名加拿大人更让状况雪上加霜。虽然北京反复强调相关案件与孟案无关，但杀鸡儆猴意味浓厚。
 Robert Lloyd Schellenberg of Canada in a Chinese court during his retrial on drug-trafficking charges.Intermediate Peoples’ Court of Dalian, via Agence France-Presse — Getty Images |
| China sentences a Canadian to death |
| A court in northeastern China sentenced Robert Lloyd Schellenberg to death for smuggling drugs in an unusually swift retrial that escalated China’s diplomatic conflict with Canada. |
| The details: Mr. Schellenberg was arrested in 2014 and detained for 15 months before his first trial. It took another 32 months before he was declared guilty and sentenced to 15 years in prison. He appealed his sentence, maintaining that he was framed. A court ordered his retrial last month. |
| Why it matters: The retrial came just weeks after Canadian authorities arrested Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei. Mr. Schellenberg’s family had voiced fears that he would be used as a bargaining chip. |
| What’s next? The death sentence needs to be examined and ratified by China’s highest court. The fate of two other Canadians arrested in China and accused of “endangering national security” remains unclear. |
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