Canada and China appoint new envoys: Dominic Barton to Beijing, Cong Peiwu to Ottawa
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Dominic Barton named Canada's next ambassador to China | CBC News
> During a news conference in Toronto, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland was asked about past controversies involving the company for which Barton worked... > > "Our government has had, obviously, very detailed and extensive conversations with Mr Barton about what the role of ambassador to China for Canada entails, and that absolutely has included long discussions about the centrality of human rights, of women's rights, to Canada's foreign policy," Freeland said... > > Guy Saint-Jacques, who served as Canada's ambassador to China from 2012-2016, called Barton an "interesting choice." > > "Trudeau wanted him to replace me in 2016 but he declined," he said.
Beijing: Canada solely responsible for difficulties in relations - CGTN
> China-Canada relations have met serious difficulties, and the Canadian side is solely responsible for this, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang said Thursday, urging Canada to reflect upon its mistakes and take concrete measures to put bilateral relations back on the track. > > Geng made the remarks after China accepted the appointment of Dominic Barton as Canada's next ambassador to China. Barton, an economic adviser who used to work in Shanghai, vowed to work hard and to "resolve the challenges that currently exist" according to his statement... > > According to Geng, China will name Cong Peiwu as the next ambassador to Canada. He will also perform his duty to promote China's relations with Canada.
Canada appoints ex-McKinsey chief as new China ambassador | Financial Times $$
> Mr Barton has strong links to China. He was previously based in Shanghai as the firmβs Asia chairman and sits on the advisory board of China Development Bank Capital Group. He has also served as an adjunct professor at Tsinghua University in Beijing. > > He has long
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> Canada's House of Commons has voted overwhelmingly to declare China's treatment of its Uighur minority population a genocide.
> The motion makes Canada just the second country after the United States to recognise China's actions as genocide.
> China responded late on Tuesday, saying it condemned and rejected Canada's motion, according to a Reuters report.
> Mr Trudeau has so far been hesitant to label China's actions against the Uighur minority in Xinjiang a genocide, calling the term "Extremely loaded" and saying further examination was needed before a decision could be made.
> In an open letter to Mr Trudeau earlier this month asking him to "Stand up to China", Mr O'Toole noted the recent banning of BBC World News from China - a decision that followed a BBC report alleging systematic rape, sexual abuse and torture in China's "Re-education" camps in Xinjiang.
> China's ambassador to Canada Cong Peiwu had earlier told the Canadian Press that the motion was "Interfering in domestic affairs".
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> Canada's House of Commons overwhelmingly approved a motion to formally recognize that China is committing genocide against its Muslim minorities, a declaration that Beijing's ambassador has already warned would constitute interference in his country's domestic affairs.
> All the opposition parties voted in support of the Conservative party genocide motion, which passed by 266 to zero with a handful of Liberals MPs supporting the motion that says Chinese atrocities in Xinjiang region contravene the UN Genocide Convention.
> Uyghur Canadian advocate Mehmet Tohti said he believes this represents the first time a legislative body around the world has declared China's treatment of the Uyghurs to constitute genocide.
> The genocide motion is not binding on the federal government but the party's foreign affairs critic Michael Chong urged the Liberal government to now officially recognize genocide against Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in China's northwestern Xinjiang region.
> China's ambassador to Canada, Cong Peiwu, told The Canadian Press on Saturday that reports of modern-day concentration camps in Xinjiang, forced sterilization and forced labour and other atrocities are untrue and amount to China bashing.
> Media reports have detailed how China has forced intrauterine devices, sterilization and even abortion on hundreds of thousands in Xinjiang.
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> Canada's House of Commons has voted overwhelmingly to declare China's treatment of its Uighur minority population a genocide.
> The motion makes Canada just the second country after the United States to recognise China's actions as genocide.
> Mr Trudeau has so far been hesitant to label China's actions against the Uighur minority in Xinjiang a genocide, calling the term "Extremely loaded" and saying further examination was needed before a decision could be made.
> In an open letter to Mr Trudeau earlier this month asking him to "Stand up to China", Mr O'Toole noted the recent banning of BBC World News from China - a decision that followed a BBC report alleging systematic rape, sexual abuse and torture in China's "Re-education" camps in Xinjiang.
> At the weekend, China's ambassador to Canada Cong Peiwu told the Canadian Press that the motion was "Interfering in domestic affairs".
> Both the current and former US Secretaries of State, Anthony Blinken and Mike Pompeo, have declared that China's policies against Uighur Muslims and other ethnic minorities in its western Xinjiang region constitute genocide.
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