In light of the Huawei controversy and China’s subsequent detention of Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, “Claws of the Panda” is a more urgent read than Manthorpe could have predicted when he began writing.

This is no doubt due in part to the “hostage diplomacy” of Beijing, with the arbitrary arrests of Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, who remain months later in harsh prison conditions, and the suspension of Canadian canola, soybeans and pork

The second was Michael Spavor, a businessman based in the northern Chinese city of Dandong who facilitates cultural exchanges with North Korea. A third Canadian, Sarah McIver, was also detained for illegal employment.

Louis Huang holds photos of Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig who are behind bars in China outside the B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver on March 6, 2019.

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.

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.

Canada’s Motivation Democratic nations could do better in cases like the plight of the two Michaels—Kovrig and Spavor, both Canadian citizens jailed in China for nearly two years—according to Kori Schake, director of Foreign and Defense Policy Studies

Beijing’s response was to detain two Canadians—Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor—on accusations of endangering Chinese national security. Zhang Shoucheng—a physicist and professor at Stanford University in the U.S.

You've got the two Michaels, Michael Spavor and Michael Carville, who have been in detention for more than 500 days. And that's clearly retaliation for Canada honoring an extradition request, which is now being litigated in the Canadian courts.

Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor are still in detention in China on charges of endangering national security, and a third Canadian, Robert Schellenberg, had his 15-year prison sentence for drug smuggling charges in China changed to a death

The Huawei Incident, 5G Network, and Security Concerns Canadians Michael Spavor (L) and Michael Kovrig are currently detained in China.

The city has a special place in Kim's heart, says Michael Spavor, a Canadian consultant who shared Long Island Iced Teas with Kim on board one of his private boats in 2013, after they had been jet-skiing in the bay.