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- As retaliation for Canada arresting Meng Wanzhou - CFO of Huawei and the founder's daughter - the Chinese government has taken 2 Canadians , who were in China on business , as hostages.
- The CCP trumped up charges against Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor , claiming they were spies. Everyone outside of China says this is retaliation for the arrest of Meng Wanzhou.
- Meng has been treated very well, having the luxury of house arrest rather then be incarcerated in cramped appaling prison conditions. Meng also has been granted good access to high end lawyers. In contrast, the Canadian men in China have been denied consular access since Jan and been thrown into a Chinese prison in appaling conditions.
- What China is doing is no different to when militant groups grab Western tourists in the hopes of securing the release of fellow militants or for ransom.
- Why the eff isn't the Canadian governemnt throwing Meng into prison under shitty conditions as a bargaining chip , to force China to treat the 2 Canadians better? Why is Canada being super nice while China is being shit.
- Why isn't Canada , and the US, boycotting Chinese goods, like India did after the border fight.
- Meng holds permanent Canadian residency even though she has a special passport issued to CCP employess. Meng has 7 passports not including the special Chinese passport.
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“In the past these kinds of detentions would have been unthinkable,” said Jean-Pierre Cabestan, a professor of political science at Hong Kong Baptist University. “It’s a clear illustration of this new Cold War. We are in a much more conflictual era.”
The charges were largely seen as a sinister quid pro quo for last month's ruling by a Canadian court that prosecutors had satisfied a critical legal requirement for the extradition of the Huawei executive, Meng Wanzhou, to the United States, where she faces sweeping fraud charges.
In Canada, China experts said that Friday’s announcement was further proof that Canada’s conciliatory approach to China had not worked, and that it was time for the country to take a tougher stance.
“The only language China understands is one of firmness,” said Mr. Saint-Jacques, suggesting that the Canadian government deport Chinese nationals determined to be executing their government’s “soft power” in the country by monitoring Chinese students on Canadian university campuses or intimidating Chinese-Canadians.
Unfortunately the article is behind a paywall, but I can post most of if it is ok to do so.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/19/world/asia/china-canada-kovrig-spavor.html
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/19/trudeau-china-2-canadians-charged-spying-329803
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meng_Wanzhou
- The CCP trumped up charges against Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor , claiming they were spies. Everyone outside of China says this is retaliation for the arrest of Meng Wanzhou.
- Meng has been treated very well, having the luxury of house arrest rather then be incarcerated in cramped appaling prison conditions. Meng also has been granted good access to high end lawyers. In contrast, the Canadian men in China have been denied consular access since Jan and been thrown into a Chinese prison in appaling conditions.
- What China is doing is no different to when militant groups grab Western tourists in the hopes of securing the release of fellow militants or for ransom.
- Why the eff isn't the Canadian governemnt throwing Meng into prison under shitty conditions as a bargaining chip , to force China to treat the 2 Canadians better? Why is Canada being super nice while China is being shit.
- Why isn't Canada , and the US, boycotting Chinese goods, like India did after the border fight.
- Meng holds permanent Canadian residency even though she has a special passport issued to CCP employess. Meng has 7 passports not including the special Chinese passport.
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“In the past these kinds of detentions would have been unthinkable,” said Jean-Pierre Cabestan, a professor of political science at Hong Kong Baptist University. “It’s a clear illustration of this new Cold War. We are in a much more conflictual era.”
The charges were largely seen as a sinister quid pro quo for last month's ruling by a Canadian court that prosecutors had satisfied a critical legal requirement for the extradition of the Huawei executive, Meng Wanzhou, to the United States, where she faces sweeping fraud charges.
In Canada, China experts said that Friday’s announcement was further proof that Canada’s conciliatory approach to China had not worked, and that it was time for the country to take a tougher stance.
“The only language China understands is one of firmness,” said Mr. Saint-Jacques, suggesting that the Canadian government deport Chinese nationals determined to be executing their government’s “soft power” in the country by monitoring Chinese students on Canadian university campuses or intimidating Chinese-Canadians.
Unfortunately the article is behind a paywall, but I can post most of if it is ok to do so.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/19/world/asia/china-canada-kovrig-spavor.html
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/19/trudeau-china-2-canadians-charged-spying-329803
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meng_Wanzhou
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