US says China's death sentence against Canadian political

TORONTO (AP) — The U.S. State Department says China's death sentence against a Canadian man is "politically motivated."

Wednesday's statement from U.S. deputy spokesman Robert Palladino says that U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Canadian Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland spoke Tuesday and "expressed their concerns about the arbitrary detentions and politically motivated sentencing of Canadian nationals."

A Chinese court resentenced Robert Schellenberg to death In a sudden retrial of a drug-smuggling case on Monday.