Cong also claimed that Canadian citizens Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, who were captured in China in retaliation for Canada's arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, had “confessed to their crimes” before their release from prison in September.

This particular incident took place well before tensions between China and Canada and China and the United States heated up with the arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver on Dec. 1.

Neither Michael Spavor nor Michael Kovrig has seen a lawyer or family in the year since they were each detained in what is widely seen as retribution for Canada’s arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou on an extradition request from the United States

The fact that former cabinet ministers—and even a former prime minister—have suggested that Canada simply give in to communist China’s thuggery and do a “prisoner exchange”—the two Michaels for Meng Wanzhou—is shameful.

Diplomatic relations between Canada and China turned icy last December when police in Vancouver detained Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou on a U.S. arrest warrant.

Kovrig and Spavor are marking two years in separate Chinese prisons, on what Canada and dozens of its Western allies say are trumped−up espionage charges in retaliation for the RCMP’s December 2018 arrest of Huawei Technologies executive Meng Wanzhou

Meng Wanzhou, the CFO of Huawei, being returned to Beijing,” Burton says.

A call this week from former high-level Canadian officials to politically intervene to end extradition proceedings against Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou would set a dangerous precedent, say a chorus of critics including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. 

On Jan. 28, U.S. prosecutors announced 23 new charges against Huawei, with 13 of the charges also targeting the company's chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou; the charges include bank fraud, obstruction of justice, and theft of technology.

Meng Wanzhou, CFO of major Chinese tech company Huawei, has attracted the world's attention since her arrest in Canada at the request of U.S. authorities.

This thunderbolt lands on Canada at a time when its relations with China have been reduced to a very fragile and snappish condition by Canada detaining on a U.S. extradition request Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer and daughter of the founder of

Meng Wanzhou, Huawei's chief financial officer and daughter of its founder, Ren Zhengfei, was arrested in Canada in December at the request of the United States on charges of bank and wire fraud in violation of U.S. sanctions against Iran.

Canadians Michael Spavor (L) and Michael Kovrig have been detained in China since shortly after Canada arrested Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver in December 2018.

Meanwhile, the company's chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, who is personally indicted in this case, is currently fighting extradition proceedings in Canada.

Canada’s relationship with China is fraught with tension over Canada’s arrest of Chinese telecom executive Meng Wanzhou, and China’s subsequent detention of two Canadians allegedly for national security reasons.

The two were charged with spying on June 19, but were arrested in China 18 months ago following Canada’s arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou on a U.S. extradition request.

Since Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou was arrested in Canada last December, the security of Huawei’s products and systems has attracted attention.

Huawei’s close ties to the Chinese Communist Party explains all Chinese regime's unusual behavior following the arrest of Huawei’s CFO, Meng Wanzhou, is one such example.

In January, U.S. prosecutors charged two Huawei units in Washington state saying they conspired to steal T-Mobile trade secrets, and also charged Huawei and its chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou with bank and wire fraud on allegations that the company

Referring to the arrest of Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor in China after the arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou in Canada, she says China’s “hostage diplomacy” has worked in subduing Canada.

Tensions with China increased after Canadian police arrested Huawei Technologies Co Ltd's chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, on Dec. 1 in Vancouver at the request of the United States.

Relations between Canada and China have been tense since December, when Canada arrested Huawei's financial chief Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver at the request of U.S. authorities.

The giveaways include some of the following: Kowtowing to CCP hostage diplomacy in the release of Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou. Cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline (playing into Chinese growing green industry).

Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou is escorted by her private security detail while arriving at a parole office in Vancouver on Dec. 12, 2018.

Canadian citizens in China have faced retaliation following the arrest of Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Chinese tech giant Huawei, in Vancouver last December.

Since Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou was arrested in Canada on charges of fraud and violating U.S. Iran sanctions, Chinese authorities have detained three Canadian citizens living or traveling in China.

In December 2018, shortly after Canada arrested Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou at the request of U.S. prosecutors, two Canadians were detained in China on spying charges.

The Chinese company's CFO, Meng Wanzhou, 47, the daughter of Huawei’s billionaire founder, Ren Zhengfei, was arrested at Vancouver’s airport in December on a U.S. warrant on charges that she conspired to defraud global banks about Huawei’s relationship

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

Hamilton pointed to the Meng Wanzhou extradition case and “the brutality of Beijing’s reaction” that has gone “so far beyond any kind of normal diplomatic protocols” as an indication of the regime’s influence on Canada, after China detained Canadians