Canadian Faces Appeal Hearing in China Drugs Case: State Media

Canadian Faces Appeal Hearing in China Drugs Case: State Media
A man walks by the Canadian Embassy in Beijing, on Dec. 14, 2018. AP Photo/Andy Wong
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BEIJING—A Chinese court will hear the appeal of a Canadian citizen held on drugs charges on Dec. 30, a government-run news portal said, in a case that could further test the tense relations between Beijing and Ottawa.

The two governments have sparred over the fate of two Canadian citizens detained in China on suspicion of endangering state security, and of Canada’s arrest of a high-ranking Chinese executive at the request of the United States.