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China to expel Canadian diplomat in Shanghai as reciprocal measure

FILE PHOTO: Flags of Canada and China are placed for the first China-Canada economic and financial strategy dialogue in Beijing, China, November 12, 2018. REUTERS/Jason Lee/Pool

China's foreign ministry said on Tuesday that it will expel a diplomat in Canada's Shanghai Consulate as a reciprocal countermeasure, according to a statement on its website.

The Canadian diplomat, Jennifer Lynn Lalonde, has been asked to leave China by May 13, the statement said.

(Reporting by Beijing newsroom; Editing by Edmund Klamann)

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