OTTAWA—Chinese leader Wen Jiabao's public scolding of the Canadian prime minister this week was a rarely seen diplomatic breach. But it was the reaction from some Canadian media and opposition politicians that has irked Chinese rights defenders, as well as a source in the prime minister's office who spoke with The Epoch Times.
The admonition is now famous. At an official welcoming for the Canadian leader in Beijing on Thursday, Wen introduced Stephen Harper by saying he had waited too long to come to China and that he deserved the reams of criticism he'd received in the Chinese state-run press for his apparent neglect.
Within hours, some Canadian pundits and opposition politicians lined up to blame the prime minister for the incident, and for having upset the Chinese rulers by raising human rights concerns publicly since taking office in 2006.
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