These two jailed Canadians deserve your Christmas wishes
Hopefully, the buildup of publicity of people sending Christmas cards to the imprisoned Canadians will put moral pressure on China, causing it to abandon its practice of hostage diplomacy.
For Canadians held in China, two years of isolation and uncertainty
The fates of the two men are seemingly intertwined with the future of China’s tumultuous relationships with Canada and the United States.
U.S. efforts on Huawei executive case may save Canada's stalled China policy
Affair shows that without the heft of its southern neighbor, Canada has no bargaining power with China.
Canadian judge backs Huawei CFO but won't dismiss extradition case
A judge has blocked an attempt by Canada's attorney general to get parts of Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou's arguments dismissed in the case to extradite her to the United States, according to a ruling released on Thursday. However, the judge sided with the ...
Canada urges China to free jailed Canadians and commute death sentences
Canada has urged China to release two high-profile Canadian detainees and grant clemency to several other Canadians sentenced to death by Chinese courts, the Canadian Foreign Ministry said Wednesday. Foreign Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne told his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi during talks in Rome on Tuesday ...
A shot at hostage diplomacy with China backfires in Canada
The letter circulated by Huawei Technologies Co. was blunt. Canada was becoming dangerously entangled in the diplomatic feud between Washington and Beijing, it said, and there was only one answer: for Justin Trudeau’s government to free the state-championed tech giant’s chief financial officer and ...
576 days in a Chinese cell: Michael Kovrig's resolve pushed to its limits
In one of Michael Kovrig’s letters, the former Canadian diplomat describes life in a Chinese prison as a "gray, grinding monotony.” Confined to a windowless concrete cell, ten feet square, his incarceration has also been, at times, deeply traumatic. It’s taken all his strength not ...
Canada warns citizens new H.K. law poses risk of 'arbitrary detention'
Canada warned its citizens in Hong Kong on Wednesday that they faced a higher risk of arbitrary detention and extradition to mainland China after Beijing imposed a new security law on the city. The warning illustrates Western governments' heightened concern for citizens under the new ...
Canadian detainee's wife 'disappointed' after Trudeau rules out swap with China
Trudeau said such a decision would put other Canadians around the world at risk by showing that Ottawa can be influenced by "random arrests."
Trudeau slams ‘political’ detentions as China charges Canadians
Ex-diplomat and businessman are "suspected of foreign espionage" and "providing state secrets," China's prosecutor general's office says.
Canada spy agency warned of 'shock waves' from arrest of Huawei founder's daughter
Canada's intelligence agency warned that arresting the daughter of billionaire Huawei founder Ren Zheng would set off global "shock waves" and seriously affect ties with China, just before her detention in Vancouver on a U.S. extradition request, new court documents show. Released on Friday, the ...
Canadian court rules against Huawei exec Meng Wanzhou in extradition case
The decision on so-called double criminality found that bank fraud accusations against Meng Wanzhou would stand up in Canada.
