Beijing's embassy in Ottawa said the executions were due to drug crimes and noted that China does not recognize dual citizenship.

China executed four Canadian citizens, sparking international outrage and further straining diplomatic relations with Canada.

Four Canadians were executed in China on drug-related charges earlier this year, Canadian authorities have confirmed. All of them were dual citizens, and their identities have been withheld upon the ...

The country is extremely tough on drug-related crime. A Frenchman, convicted in 2010 by a Canton court, is still on death row.

Both Mélanie Joly and Justin Trudeau had intervened in their cases in recent months, requesting leniency to avert the executions ...

China has provoked international outrage after it 'inhumanely' executed four Canadian nationals accused of drug-smuggling, with mass killings by Beijing's firing squads furiously condemned by ...

Ottawa issues rebuke against Beijing, saying the executions took place earlier this year.

TORONTO (AP) — China executed four Canadians in recent months, Canada's foreign affairs minister said Wednesday. Such executions of Westerners are relatively rare. Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly ...