Canada-China relations have been on a downslide since the arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver in December 2018 and China’s subsequent arrest of Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael in China, as well as other retaliatory actions by Beijing.

Other notable examples include China’s detention of two Canadian citizens, Michael Kovrig and Micahel Spavor, just days after Canada arrested Meng Wanzhou, an executive of Chinese tech giant Huawei in 2018.

Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou arrives at a parole office in Vancouver, Canada on Dec. 12, 2018.

People hold signs protesting China's treatment of the Uyghur people during a court appearance by Huawei's Financial Chief Meng Wanzhou, outside of British Columbia Supreme Court building in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on May 8, 2019.

The Canadians have been arbitrarily detained in China since December 2018, coinciding with U.S. efforts to extradite Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of China’s tech giant Huawei.

Wanzhou.”

That includes whether there are discussions around Canada releasing Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou in exchange for the Canadians who have become known around the world as simply the "two Michaels."

Their detention was widely seen as retaliation by Beijing for Canada's arrest of Huawei's CFO Meng Wanzhou on Dec. 1, 2018 at the request of U.S. authorities.

Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou leaves her home to attend her extradition hearing at B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Jan. 23, 2020.

Relations between China and Canada nosedived last December after Vancouver police detained Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies Co, on a U.S. arrest warrant. Beijing is demanding her return.

Kovrig and Spavor have been in prison in China since December 2018 in what is widely seen as retaliation for Canada arresting Chinese high-tech executive Meng Wanzhou on an American extradition warrant.

Associate Chief Justice Heather Holmes says in a decision released Wednesday that the allegations against Meng Wanzhou could constitute a crime in Canada.

Notable examples include China’s detention of two Canadian citizens, Michael Kovrig and Micahel Spavor, just days after Canada arrested Meng Wanzhou, an executive at Chinese tech giant Huawei, in 2018 on behalf of U.S. authorities.

Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou arrives at a parole office, in Vancouver, on Dec. 12, 2018.

(Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press) Ties between Ottawa and Beijing deteriorated in December 2018 after Canadian police detained Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Huawei, on a U.S. extradition warrant.

Added to this, at the United States' request, Canada arrested Huawei's CFO Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver on Dec. 1, 2018.

US Extradition Huawei's complaint comes just days after Canada said it will proceed with a U.S. extradition request against Huawei's chief financial officer Sabrina Meng Wanzhou. Huawei's Financial Chief Meng Wanzhou arrives at the B.C.

Department of Justice (DOJ) unsealed two indictments against Huawei, its chief financial officer (CFO), Meng Wanzhou, and several of the company’s subsidiaries, in a pair of legal cases accusing the company of violating sanctions against Iran, and stealing

The company's chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, daughter of Huawei's founder, is fighting extradition from Canada, where she was arrested last December for her role in the alleged fraud. Meng has said she is innocent.

Despite co-operation on health and trade since the pandemic’s outbreak, relations between Canada and China have been severely strained since the RCMP arrested Chinese high-tech scion Meng Wanzhou on an American extradition warrant in December 2018.

Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou has lost a bid for freedom after a Canadian judge ruled against the defense—meaning the extradition trial in Canada will continue onto the next stage.

The political pressure stems from China’s ongoing imprisonment of two Canadians, who were detained on spying charges more than a year ago after Canada arrested Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou on a U.S. extradition warrant.

-China crossfire over 5G, Canada’s relations with China have already been tense since Hauwei CFO Meng Wanzhou was arrested in Vancouver in 2018 on a U.S. extradition request.

The banks were named in documents released on Aug. 20 after a hearing in British Columbia Supreme Court where Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou is fighting extradition to the United States on bank fraud charges.

The plane chartered by the Chinese government carrying Meng Wanzhou, Huawei’s CFO stranded in Canada for three years in an U.S.

And of course, the extradition arrest of Meng Wanzhou—they had no response, they were flat footed.”

The two men were first detained more than 18 months ago, shortly after the arrest of Huawei senior executive Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver on a U.S. warrant relating to multiple charges, including bank fraud and violating U.S. sanctions against Iran.

Earlier in the year as the scandal unfolded, Canada started taking heat from China for having detained Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou for extradition to the United States.

OTTAWA—Canada joined with its major allies Thursday in condemning China for imposing a new national security law on Hong Kong, one day after a contentious B.C. court ruling in the Meng Wanzhou affair.

Although in urging the government to bend the rule of law over Meng Wanzhou to make a “prisoner exchange,” Manley told CBC radio, “I think it was a good opportunity for a little bit of creative incompetence on the part of Canadian authorities and somehow