OTTAWA: The United States is using the case of a senior Chinese telecoms executive who was arrested in Vancouver on a US warrant 18 months ago to create friction between China and Canada, China's envoy to Canada said on Thursday (Jun 11).

"The US has been taking advantage of Canada, and the US is the trouble maker of China-Canada relations," the Chinese envoy to Ottawa, Cong Peiwu, told Reuters in a telephone interview.