G20: Xi accuses Trudeau of leaks to media about China-Canada relations

China's Xi Jinping has been filmed accusing Justin Trudeau of leaking gathering details, days aft they held talks astatine the G20 acme successful Bali.

President Xi told the Canadian PM, via a translator, this was inappropriate and accused him of lacking "sincerity".

He was apt referring to reports that Mr Trudeau discussed alleged Chinese espionage and interference successful Canadian elections astatine the beryllium down.

The talks, which happened down closed doors, were the pair's archetypal successful years.

In the footage, filmed by journalists astatine the present finished gathering of satellite leaders, President Xi and Mr Trudeau tin beryllium seen lasting adjacent to each different and conversing via a translator.

"Everything we discussed has been leaked to the papers and that is not appropriate," the Chinese person told Mr Trudeau successful Mandarin.

It captures a uncommon candid infinitesimal of President Xi, whose representation is usually cautiously curated by Chinese authorities media.

After smiling and nodding his head, the Canadian PM responded by saying "in Canada we judge successful escaped and unfastened and frank dialog and that is what we volition proceed to have".

"We volition proceed to look to enactment constructively unneurotic but determination volition beryllium things we disagree on," helium added.

Before Mr Trudeau could finish, President Xi chopped his counterpart disconnected and asked that helium archetypal "create the conditions" - yet shaking Trudeau's manus and walking away.

The abbreviated but revealing speech highlighted tensions betwixt China and Canada, moving precocious since the detention of Huawei Technologies enforcement Meng Wanzhou successful 2018 and Beijing's consequent apprehension of 2 Canadians connected spying charges. All 3 were aboriginal released.

Mr Wang "obtained commercialized secrets to payment the People's Republic of China, to the detriment of Canada's economical interests," Canadian constabulary said successful a statement.

At the time, Mr Trudeau and President Xi were astatine the G20 acme connected the Indonesian land of Bali.