Foreign Policy The rise of communist China has shifted the dynamics of global power, and that has major implications for Canada, not the least of which is that China continues to hold Canadian citizens behind bars over the arrest of Huawei CEO Meng Wanzhou

China’s Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou was arrested in Vancouver on Dec. 1 at the request of U.S. authorities, and could be extradited back to the United States.

Department of Justice officially announced the prosecution of China’s telecom giant Huawei and its chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou, and filed 23 specific allegations via two sets of indictments.

Drew Angerer/Getty Images In 2019, Chrétien said Canada’s justice minister should use his authority to stop the extradition of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, who was arrested in Vancouver in December 2018 on a U.S. extradition request.

The arrest of Huawei executive Wanzhou Meng has given the Conservatives additional ammunition in pressuring the federal government to ban the Chinese telecom giant from Canada’s 5G network.

Canadian officials arrested Huawei's chief financial officer Wanzhou Meng this week at the request of U.S. authorities on suspicion she violated Iran trade sanctions, the Globe and Mail reported. She is facing extradition to the United States.

Just recently, Huawei’s CFO, Meng Wanzhou, was arrested for allegedly violating sanctions set against Iran. What about Google and Baidu?

Concerns have increased since the arrest of Huawei CFO Wanzhou Meng on charges of fraud related to U.S. sanctions on Iran, as more information has emerged on the company’s deep involvement with the Beijing regime’s strategic goals both in China and overseas

Also on Dec. 5, 2018, it was announced that Wanzhou Meng, the chief financial officer of Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei has been arrested in Canada at the request of U.S. authorities on suspicions that she violated U.S. trade sanctions against

The arrest of Huawei’s CFO Wanzhou Meng in Canada is both an opportunity & a challenge,” Twitter, December 6, 2018, https://twitter.com/SenTedCruz/status/1070708648865861633. 171.

On Dec. 1, as part of a U.S. probe, Canada arrested Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of telecommunications giant Huawei, over allegations of financial fraud and of using a Huawei subsidiary to evade sanctions against Iran.