Mike Pompeo calls China's detention of two Canadians 'wrong'
The United States is working to secure the release of two Canadians held by China, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Thursday, calling their detention "arbitrary and unacceptable" after he met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other Canadian officials. The two Canadians — former ...
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will travel to Washington next week to meet with President Donald Trump to discuss the ratification of the new North American trade agreement and China's detention of two Canadians. Trudeau's office said he will visit next Thursday. Trump and Trudeau ...
Trudeau calls Chinese arrests of two Canadians 'unacceptable'
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday called the arrest of two Canadians in China "unacceptable" and vowed to stand up to Beijing over the detentions. "We will consistently and always stand up for Canadians, particularly these Canadians who have been arbitrarily detained," he told ...
China formally arrests Canadian ex-envoy and businessman in case seen as payback for Huawei bust
China said Thursday it has formally arrested two Canadians who have been detained for months on national security grounds, in a case that has inflamed tensions between Ottawa and Beijing. Ottawa denounced the move and demanded the pair's prompt release. Former diplomat Michael Kovrig is "suspected ...
China suspects detained former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig of spying and stealing state secrets, state media reported Monday, turning up the heat in a diplomatic row between Beijing and Ottawa as a top Huawei executive faces possible extradition. Another Canadian in Chinese detention — businessman ...
Death penalty for Canadian escalates China-Canada tensions
A Chinese court sentenced a Canadian to death in a sudden retrial of his drug smuggling case, while another Canadian man has been denied diplomatic immunity, ratcheting up the tensions following Canada's arrest of a top Chinese technology executive last month. The Liaoning provincial court ...
China on Monday ridiculed Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's claim that a former Canadian Embassy official detained in Beijing still held diplomatic immunity. Chinese authorities arrested former diplomat Michael Kovrig and businessman Michael Spavor last month, accusing them both of endangering national security. The move was ...
13 Canadians held in China since arrest of Huawei executive; U.S. issues travel warning
Thirteen Canadians have been detained in China following the arrest on Dec. 1 of a senior executive from Chinese telecoms equipment giant Huawei, Ottawa said Thursday, with eight subsequently released. Global Affairs Canada spokesperson Guillaume Berube confirmed the detentions, adding the figures excluded Hong Kong. The ...
Canada's top diplomat on Saturday called on allies for support in securing the release of Canadians detained in China, noting that the arrests are a "worrying precedent" for the entire international community. Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said that China's detention of former diplomat Michael ...
Canada's foreign ministry confirmed Thursday that China has detained a second Canadian under what Beijing has said is suspicion of threatening its national security. "We can confirm that a Canadian citizen, Michael Spavor, has been detained in China," the ministry said in a statement. "We have ...
Ex-Canadian diplomat detained in China after Beijing threat over Huawei exec's Vancouver arrest
China has detained a former Canadian diplomat in Beijing in apparent retaliation for the jailing of a top Chinese executive at the request of the United States, escalating a legal and diplomatic wrangle between the three countries. Relations were shaken by Canada's arrest of Meng ...
