China Expels Canadian Diplomat in Retaliation for Ottawa Declaring Chinese Diplomat ‘Persona Non Grata’

A security guard stands on duty as residents pass by the Canadian Embassy in Beijing on June 19, 2020. The Canadian Press/AP-Ng Han Guan

Beijing announced early Tuesday morning that it would expel a Canadian diplomat from China as a retaliatory measure after the Canadian government announced the day before that a Chinese diplomat who reportedly targeted an MP and his family is no longer welcome in Canada.

Beijing declared Jennifer Lynn Lalonde, consul in the Canadian consulate in Shanghai, “persona non grata” on May 9 and ordered her to leave China by May 13.