China to expel Canada’s top diplomat in Shanghai

China said on Tuesday it was expelling Canada’s consul in Shanghai in a tit-for-tat move, after Ottawa said it was sending home a Chinese diplomat accused of trying to intimidate a Canadian lawmaker critical of Beijing.

“China decides to declare Jennifer Lynn Lalonde, consul of the Consulate General of Canada in Shanghai persona non grata,” Beijing’s foreign ministry said in a statement, adding she “has been asked to leave China before May 13.”