Chinese court upholds death sentence for Canadian Robert Schellenberg

A Chinese court has upheld a death sentence for Robert Schellenberg, a Canadian whose 15-year sentence for drug smuggling was overturned in 2019 in favour of the death penalty. Schellenberg had appealed the death sentence. Another court is expected to have a verdict this week in the espionage charges against Michael Spavor. Watch The National live on YouTube Sunday-Friday at 9 p.m. ET Subscribe to The National: https://www.youtube.com/user/CBCTheNa... Connect with The National online: Facebook |   / thenational   Twitter |   / cbcthenational   Instagram |   / cbcthenational   More from CBC News | https://www.cbc.ca/news The National is CBC's flagship nightly news program, featuring the day's top stories with in-depth and original journalism, with hosts Adrienne Arsenault and Andrew Chang in Toronto, Ian Hanomansing in Vancouver and the CBC's chief political correspondent, Rosemary Barton in Ottawa.