China has retaliated against the expulsion of one of its diplomats in Toronto by demanding that a senior Canadian diplomat leave the country, escalating a dispute that has highlighted the recent deterioration in relations between Beijing and the west.In a statement on Tuesday, China’s foreign ministry said Jennifer Lynn Lalonde, consul of the Shanghai consulate, had until May 13 to leave the country. It also confirmed that the decision was a “reciprocal countermeasure” after Canada’s expulsion of diplomat Zhao Wei — the first of its kind in decades — was confirmed just hours earlier.
針對中國駐多倫多的一名外交官被驅逐一事，中國采取了報復行動，要求一名加拿大高級外交官離境，導致一場突顯中國與西方近期關系惡化的爭端進一步升級。
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