Foreign Affairs Minister Joly Plans Asia Travel Before Tabling New China Strategy

Foreign Affairs Minister Joly Plans Asia Travel Before Tabling New China Strategy
Canada's Foreign Minister Melanie Joly speaks during a media conference in Brussels, Jan. 20, 2022. The Canadian Press/AP/Johanna Geron, Pool
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OTTAWA—Canada’s foreign affairs minister says she plans to travel to Asia and elsewhere for some first-hand research before she releases the government’s much-anticipated new policy on China.

Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly also says she wants to strengthen a Canada-led international convention that condemns arbitrary detention—or hostage diplomacy—so that it has more teeth.