China Urges Canada to Restore Strategic Partnership

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi called for improved relations with Canada, aiming to establish a strategic partnership. During Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly's visit to Beijing, the first in seven years, Wang emphasized resolving past issues and avoiding interference in China's domestic matters like Taiwan and Tibet. Relations soured after Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou's 2018 arrest in Canada and China's subsequent detention of two Canadians. Both countries released detainees in 2021, but tensions over alleged Chinese interference in Canadian affairs persist. Joly reaffirmed Canada's commitment to the one-China policy and cooperation in various sectors.