China court sentences Canadian to death for drug smuggling

January 14, 2019 9:11 PM

BEIJING (NYTIMES) – China’s diplomatic clash with Canada escalated sharply on Monday (Jan 14), when a Canadian man was sentenced to death for drug smuggling after a Chinese court overrode his plea of innocence at a retrial that had been swiftly called after tensions erupted between the two countries. 

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