China executes four Canadians in recent weeks despite Ottawa's pleas for leniency
China on Thursday insisted that it had acted "in accordance with the law" amid criticism from Canada's Foreign Minister Melanie Joly, who announced that China had executed four Canadian citizens on narcotics offenses in recent weeks despite pleas from Ottawa for leniency.

China on Thursday insisted that it had acted "in accordance with the law" amid criticism from Canada's Foreign Minister Melanie Joly, who announced that China had executed four Canadian citizens on narcotics offenses in recent weeks despite pleas from Ottawa for leniency.