News Snapshot:
Toronto/Sputnik: China’s Ambassador to Canada Cong Peiwu urged Ottawa during a video conference not to grant asylum to Hong Kong protesters. "We strongly urge the Canadian side not [to] grant so-called political asylum to those violent criminals in Hong Kong," the ambassador said on Thursday as quoted by the Canadian Press. The Chinese ambassador said if Canada is interested in the safety and prosperity of Hong Kong residents, including some 300,000 Canadian nationals, it would support law and order in the special administrative region. China has blasted Australia’s and the United Kingdom’s suggestion to offer safe haven to Hong Kong...
