Chinese state-run media also reported on Dec. 10 that Canadian businessman Michael Spavor was detained for investigation.

Two Canadians in China, Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, were detained by the regime shortly after Meng's arrest, in a move widely believed to be retaliatory in nature in the hopes of pressuring Ottawa for Meng's release.

Canadians Michael Spavor (L) and Michael Kovrig, who are currently behind bars in China. (AP Photo) What’s more, Chinese fighter jets buzzed a Canadian warship operating in international waters in the East China Sea last month.

Days after Meng's arrest, Chinese authorities detained two Canadians—Michael Kovrig, a former diplomat, and Michael Spavor, an entrepreneur—in a move widely seen as retaliatory.

Days later, China detained two Canadians on suspicion of endangering state security—former diplomat Michael Kovrig and business consultant Michael Spavor.

A friend of Kim, Canadian businessman Michael Spavor, was recently detained in China on suspicion of "harming its national security," according to the BBC.

Canada's foreign affairs department said Jan. 8 that Canadian consular officials met with Michael Spavor, who, along with Michael Kovrig, was detained and charged with endangering China’s national security after Canada arrested Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou

Meng's arrest was the catalyst for tensions between Canada and the Chinese regime, who detained two Canadians, Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, in China shortly after Meng's arrest.

Schellenberg's death sentence, along with Beijing's detention of Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor on Dec. 10, 2018, are thought to be part of the regime's tactics to pressure the Canadian government to release Meng.

After the release and departure from Canada of Huawei CFO Meng Wangzhou on Sept. 24, and the concurrent return of Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor who had been arbitrarily detained in China for almost three years, Foreign Minister Marc Garneau

It was widely seen as retaliation when, just days later, China detained Canadian former diplomat Michael Kovrig and businessman Michael Spavor, and later sentenced Canadians Robert Schellenberg and Fan Wei to death for drug offences.

The prime minister has called China's arrests of Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor arbitrary. Lametti said each extradition case is unique and dealt with according to the treaty with the country that makes the request.

The Trudeau government has branded the imprisonments of ex-diplomat Michael Kovrig and entrepreneur Michael Spavor as "arbitrary," and many view their arrests as retaliation by China.

This is coming after China’s detention of Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor and death sentence for Robert Schellenberg.

He said the government should be giving her case the same level of attention as that of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, two Canadians who were detained in China two years ago in apparent retaliation for Canada’s arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou

Two Canadian citizens in China, Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, were detained by the regime shortly after Meng's arrest, a move widely seen as an attempt by the regime to put pressure on Ottawa for Meng's release.

In a move widely seen as retaliation for Meng’s arrest, the Chinese regime has arrested two Canadians—Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig—for allegedly threatening its national security.

Calls to Release Detained Canadians On Jan. 21, nearly 150 former diplomats and scholars from around the world sent an open letter to Chinese leader Xi Jinping urging the release of two Canadians, Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, detained in China and

The high-profile case of Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor being arbitrarily detained in China has brought awareness in Canada of the true nature of China’s dangerous police state under the communist regime.

The G20 leaders' summit in Osaka comes at a critical moment for Trudeau, months ahead of the October election and as Canada continues to push for the release of two Canadians in China's custody—Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor.

Since then, Chinese authorities have detained former Canadian diplomat and think-tank researcher Michael Kovrig and entrepreneur Michael Spavor. The two were charged with posing a risk to Chinese national security.

His son compared his case to that of two Canadians, Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig, who were this week officially charged with espionage.

Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor were arrested shortly after Huawei’ s Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou was arrested and quickly released on bail in Vancouver under Canada’s extradition treaty with the United States. The U.S.

Spavor and Michael Kovrig, languish in Chinese communist prisons for so-called spying.

Authorities in Beijing previously said the two men—Michael Kovrig, a former diplomat and an adviser with the think tank International Crisis Group, and businessman Michael Spavor—are suspected of endangering state security.

Vice -President Mike Pence and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa, where both called for the release of Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor.

Beijing is currently holding Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor behind bars on espionage charges, and has given the death penalty to four Canadians on drug charges—moves that came about after Canada arrested Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou on an

David Mulroney, former Canadian ambassador to China, wrote in a Globe and Mail op-ed: “We have to secure the freedom of detained Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, and save the lives of fellow Canadians Robert Schellenberg and Fan Wei, who face

China’s prosecutor-general Zhang Jun told a briefing in Beijing that Canadian detainees Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor “without a doubt” broke the law. The two men are charged with endangering national security.

And almost immediately after, the “two Michaels” imprisoned in China—Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor—were released on bail for “medical reasons.”