BEIJING—A Chinese court ordered a retrial of a Canadian citizen on drug smuggling charges on Dec. 29 after prosecutors said his sentence of 15 years was too light—a case that could further test relations between Beijing and Ottawa.
Tensions between the two sides have been high since Canada’s arrest of a high-ranking Chinese executive at the request of the United States this month, followed by China’s detention of two Canadian citizens on charges of endangering state security.
