Asia Pacific Sep 30, 2021
The Meng-Michaels case ramps up fear about foreign workers being arrested based on diplomatic hostilities between China and their home countries.
World / Crime & Legal | ANALYSIS Sep 26, 2021
U.S. move to end Huawei saga should help China ties — but at a cost
The deal comes two weeks after Biden called Xi in frustration over Beijing’s move to link progress on climate change with other demands, including Meng’s release.
World / Crime & Legal Sep 26, 2021
China welcomes Huawei executive home as Trudeau hugs Canadians freed by Beijing
by David Kirton and David Stanway
Meng Wanzhou arrived in China on Saturday, ending her near three-year U.S. extradition fight, the same day two Canadians detained by Beijing for more than 1,000 days returned home.
Asia Pacific Sep 25, 2021
China frees two Canadians after Huawei CFO flies home, ending crisis
The seemingly intractable impasse came to a rapid resolution Friday after Huawei's Meng Wanzhou struck a deferred prosecution agreement with U.S. authorities.
Asia Pacific Aug 11, 2021
China leaves room to release Canadian after politically charged spy conviction
Michael Spavor was given an 11-year sentence after being found guilty of stealing and illegally providing state secrets to other countries.
Asia Pacific / Crime & Legal Mar 22, 2021
China confronted by show of Western unity at Canadian’s trial
Representatives from the U.S., the U.K., the European Union and numerous European countries were turned away en masse while attempting to attend the trial of Michael Kovrig.
Asia Pacific / Crime & Legal Mar 18, 2021
China to begin trials for two Canadians detained amid Huawei feud
Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig will face their first court hearings on Friday and Monday, respectively, Canadian Foreign Minister Marc Garneau said Wednesday.
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.
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...