Prime Minister Mark Carney has committed to tackling ‘irritants’ with Chinese President XI Jinping as the two countries had their first formal leader-to-leader contact since 2017. Carney was also invited by Xi for a state visit.
Canada on Tuesday welcomed its reinstatement to the approved travel list for groups of Chinese tourists by Beijing, which comes days after Prime Minister Mark Carney met with Chinese President Xi Jinping, hailing a "turning point" in the relations between the two countries.
As China made a slower recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic than many countries, it approved group travel for its citizens to dozens of countries. But in 2023, when it approved destinations for countries like the United States and United Kingdom, Canada was left off that list as allegations of Chinese foreign interfer
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