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China is urging its citizens to be cautious about going to Canada.

The foreign ministry’s consular affairs office published a notice Tuesday saying that Canada has recently “arbitrarily detained” a Chinese national — a reference to Canada’s arrest of Chinese executive Meng Wanzhou at the request of the United States.

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The move comes as China expresses “strong dissatisfaction” with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over his criticism of the death sentence given to an alleged Canadian drug smuggler at a retrial.

A court in northeastern China announced the death sentence for Robert Lloyd Schellenberg on Monday, overturning a 15-year prison term from November 2018. Schellenberg first went on trial in 2016.

It new government warning urged Chinese citizens to consider their personal circumstances and “fully assess the risks of going to Canada for tourism.” It added that Chinese people should approach travel to Canada with caution.