The Canadian government has expelled a Chinese Diplomat, accusing him of attempting to intimidate a Canadian lawmaker who has been critical of Beijing. The diplomat, Zhao Wei, has been declared "persona non grata" in response to a series of reports in The Globe and Mail newspaper that Zhou sought information about Conservative Party lawmaker Michael Chong, who sponsored a motion to declare China's treatment of its Uyghur Muslim minority as genocide. The reports said Canada's intelligence agency had uncovered information that China planned to target Chong and his relatives in Hong Kong with sanctions and possible threats. China's foreign ministry in Beijing announced early Tuesday that it had declared Jennifer Lynn Lalonde, the consul for the Canadian consulate in Shanghai, "persona non grata" and ordered her to leave China by May 13. Lalonde's expulsion came hours after China's embassy in Ottawa said China will take "resolute countermeasures" in response to Zhou's expulsion.

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