The moment Xi Jinping tore into Justin Trudeau

CHINA-CANADA TENSIONS FLARE

Rachael Bunyan

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17 November 2022

China’s president Xi Jinping gave Justin Trudeau a humiliating dressing-down at the G20 summit yesterday.

The two leaders were caught on camera having a heated discussion in Bali, with Xi tearing into the Canadian prime minister.

The frustrated Chinese leader confronted Mr Trudeau about how details of a meeting between them on Tuesday had been leaked to the Press by sources in Ottawa. 

Mr Trudeau had raised “serious concerns” with Xi over suspected domestic interference by China during their first talks together in more than three years, Canadian sources reported.

Xi, was filmed telling an increasingly awkward-looking Mr Trudeau: “Everything that we discussed yesterday has been leaked to the papers and that’s not appropriate.”