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Foreign businesses in China rattled by 'hostage diplomacy'

Asia Pacific Sep 30, 2021

Foreign businesses in China rattled by 'hostage diplomacy'

The Meng-Michaels case ramps up fear about foreign workers being arrested based on diplomatic hostilities between China and their home countries.

U.S. move to end Huawei saga should help China ties — but at a cost

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.

China welcomes Huawei executive home as Trudeau hugs Canadians freed by Beijing

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.

China frees two Canadians after Huawei CFO flies home, ending crisis

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.

China leaves room to release Canadian after politically charged spy conviction

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.

China to begin trials for two Canadians detained amid Huawei feud

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.

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 ...

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