Robert Lloyd Schellenberg

China said on Wednesday it was "not worried in the slightest" by mounting international concern over the death sentence handed to a Canadian for drug smuggling.

Beijing on Tuesday slammed Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for making "irresponsible remarks" after he criticised a Chinese court's death sentence against a convicted Canadian drug smuggler.

A diplomatic spat between Beijing and Ottawa intensified on Tuesday as Canada warned its citizens of the risk of "arbitrary enforcement" of laws in China after a Canadian drug suspect was sentenced to death.

A Chinese court said Saturday that a 15-year jail sentence for a Canadian national charged with drug smuggling was too "lenient" and remanded his case for a retrial.

China said on Wednesday it was "not worried in the slightest" by mounting international concern over the death sentence handed to a Canadian for drug smuggling.

Beijing on Tuesday slammed Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for making "irresponsible remarks" after he criticised a Chinese court's death sentence against a convicted Canadian drug smuggler.

A diplomatic spat between Beijing and Ottawa intensified on Tuesday as Canada warned its citizens of the risk of "arbitrary enforcement" of laws in China after a Canadian drug suspect was sentenced to death.

A Chinese court said Saturday that a 15-year jail sentence for a Canadian national charged with drug smuggling was too "lenient" and remanded his case for a retrial.