The issue transpired as China was holding Canadian citizens Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor behind bars in retaliation for the detention of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou in Canada, and as the CCP continued its human rights violations and aggressive

Previously, he would typically first tout the economic benefits China presents before expressing concern about the regime's detention of Canadian citizens Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor.

Kovrig and Michael Spavor in retaliation for Meng’s arrest in Vancouver in 2018. 

“Based on their treatment of dissidents, their persecution of Uyghurs, or their continued detention of Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig, our politicians should have long recognized the brutality of the Chinese Communist Party,” said Kaveh Shahrooz

With the detention of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor at the end of 2018 and then the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Trudeau has been forced to confront very quickly the reality that the communist regime in Beijing has different intentions from ours.

The detention of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor came shortly after Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou was arrested at the Vancouver airport in December 2018 for extradition to the United States on bank fraud charges and for violating sanctions against Iran

The other Canadian held in China is businessman Michael Spavor. China has not directly linked its arrest of the two Canadians with Meng's arrest in Canada. It says the two men are being investigated in accordance with Chinese law.

Beijing was furious over Meng's arrest, and the subsequent detention of former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig and Canadian entrepreneur Michael Spavor is widely seen by China analysts as retaliation for her arrest.

Turnisa Matsedik-Qira, of the Vancouver Uyghur Association, demonstrates against China's treatment of Uyghurs while holding a photo of detained Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig outside a court appearance for Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou at the B.C

Kovrig, a former Canadian diplomat who now works as an adviser to the International Crisis Group, and entrepreneur Michael Spavor have been detained in China for over a month for allegedly endangering national security.

Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor have been held in China since shortly after Canada arrested Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou at the request of American authorities.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Thursday ahead of the upcoming G7 summit, tackling a number of hot-button issues, including relations with China and the detention of Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor there

Detained Canadians Freeland said it is important that John McCallum, Canada's ambassador to China, has been able to meet in recent days with the two detained Canadians, the entrepreneur Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig, who is on a leave of absence

“[T]hose Canadians” are Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, arrested in China a year ago on charges of espionage soon after Canada arrested Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou at the behest of Washington.

Global Affairs confirmed on Feb. 1 that Canadian consular officials in China visited with Michael Spavor, who has been detained since Dec. 10, 2018.

and Michael Kovrig.

Psychological War Days after Canada gave the green light for Meng’s extradition hearings to proceed, China accused the Canadian citizens it had detained, Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, of stealing state secrets.

The Chinese regime detained former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig and Canadian entrepreneur Michael Spavor last December, a move widely seen as retaliation for Canada's arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou on behalf of American authorities, who are

Beijing has arbitrarily detained Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor for two years now and has sentenced four Canadians to death, in moves widely viewed as retaliation for the arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou in December 2018.

Global Affairs Canada confirmed early Thursday morning that Chinese authorities had formally placed Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor under arrest.

McIver's detention followed those of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, two Canadians living and working in China, on China’s allegations they were harming China's national security.

After Meng's arrest, China detained two Canadians, former diplomat Michael Kovrig and business consultant Michael Spavor, accusing them of involvement in stealing state secrets.

China first detained former diplomat Michael Kovrig and businessman Michael Spavor days later.

Chinese state security agents last week detained two Canadians, former diplomat Michael Kovrig and businessman Michael Spavor, saying they were suspected of endangering state security.

THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld The prime minister and Kelly Craft, the U.S. ambassador to Canada, have said President Donald Trump raised the plight of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor with President Xi Jinping during the recent G20 summit.

Trudeau said Trump did raise the cases of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor with Xi during their meeting at the G20 leaders’ summit in Japan this past weekend, just as he pledged to do in their White House meeting last month.

Kovrig and Michael Spavor still remain detained in China.

“We've got the arrest of [Huawei executive] Meng Wanzhou in Canada, Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor being held in detention in China,  the issue of Huawei, and a series of other things such as [Canada’s stance on the] status of Taiwan,  South

Canadians Michael Spavor (L), and Michael Kovric, are currently detained in China.

Canadian citizens Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor were detained in China in December 2018 and were later charged with "endangering state security." They are being held in Beijing under constant surveillance.