Chinese ambassador Lu Shaye lashed out at Canadian “elites [who] completely dismissed China’s law and presumptuously urged China to immediately release their citizens”, in an article published by The Hill Times, an Ottawa newspaper. 
“To those people, the laws of Canada or other western countries are laws and must be observed, while China’s laws are not and shouldn’t be respected,” he said, adding: “The reason why some people are used to arrogantly adopting double standards is due to western egotism and white supremacy.”