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Anand says Chinese counterpart who berated reporter in 2016 will visit Canada

  • Dylan Robertson

  • Canadian Press

  • January 15, 2026

This frame grab from footage circulating on social media shows protesters dancing and cheering around a bonfire as they take to the streets in Tehran, Iran on Jan. 9, 2026. (UGC via AP, File)

OTTAWA -- Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says her Chinese counterpart will visit Canada this year, a decade after Wang Yi berated a Canadian reporter.

Anand met with Wang in Beijing today as part of Prime Minister Mark Carney's ongoing visit to China, the first by a sitting Canadian prime minister in eight years.

Anand says she will work with Wang to "create opportunities for both our peoples" and she is looking forward "to welcoming him to Canada this year."

When Wang visited Ottawa in 2016, he berated a press gallery journalist who asked about human rights and the jailing of Canadian citizens.

Wang responded angrily, saying the question was "full of prejudice against China and arrogance" and that it was "totally unacceptable."

Carney is set to meet Friday with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 15, 2026.