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These two jailed Canadians deserve your Christmas wishes

Commentary / World Dec 23, 2020

These two jailed Canadians deserve your Christmas wishes

by Frank Ching

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

Asia Pacific Dec 10, 2020

For Canadians held in China, two years of isolation and uncertainty

by Javier C. Hernandez and Dan Bilefsky

The fates of the two men are seemingly intertwined with the future of China’s tumultuous relationships with Canada and the United States.

Canada urges China to free jailed Canadians and commute death sentences

Asia Pacific / Crime & Legal Aug 26, 2020

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

Asia Pacific Jul 11, 2020

A shot at hostage diplomacy with China backfires in Canada

by Kait Bolongaro and Natalie Obiko Pearson

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

Asia Pacific / Crime & Legal Jul 9, 2020

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'

Asia Pacific / Politics Jul 1, 2020

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

World Jun 29, 2020

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

Asia Pacific Jun 23, 2020

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.

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