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.
Huawei exec appears before Canada court and bids to quash extradition to U.S.
Top Chinese telecom executive Meng Wanzhou and her lawyers headed to court on Monday to try to have her extradition case thrown out, arguing that her rights were violated. The 47-year-old Huawei chief financial officer was detained during a stopover at the Vancouver airport last ...
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 ...
