Attempts at closer ties derailed in late 2018 when Canada executed a U.S. extradition warrant for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, who was accused of fraud.

The restriction followed Canada's arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou and was only lifted in May 2022 after her release.

This followed the arrest of Chinese tech company Huawei’s senior executive Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver a few months earlier. The Canadian Press contributed to this report.

Canada’s relationship with China was put on ice after the RCMP arrested Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou in 2018 over a U.S. extradition warrant for fraud.

Kovrig's detention in December 2018 is widely regarded as a retaliatory move by Beijing after Canada arrested Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou.

Foreign Interference Ottawa-Beijing relations have soured in recent years following the arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou in 2018 and China's retaliatory detention of Canadian citizens Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor.

Joly’s Trip This week, after making the first official visit by a Canadian foreign affairs minister to China in seven years and following the souring Ottawa-Beijing relations due to the Meng Wanzhou affair, Ms.

The drive for closer ties stopped abruptly when Canada in late 2018 executed a U.S. extradition warrant for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou.

A renowned case is Beijing's retaliatory arrests of former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig and businessman Michael Spavor in 2018, immediately following Canada's arrest of Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou at the request of the United States

Their incarceration was regarded as the Chinese Communist Party's retaliation for Ottawa's arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou on a U.S. warrant to have her extradited on fraud charges.

The two were detained for over a thousand days in relation to the Meng Wanzhou affair, a Huawei executive arrested in Canada over a U.S. extradition warrant for fraud.

The Canada–China relationship has deteriorated amid conflicts, including Canada’s arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou and China’s subsequent detention of two Canadians, Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, widely regarded as retaliatory hostage diplomacy

The detention of the two Canadians was widely regarded as a retaliation for Ottawa's arrest of Meng Wanzhou, senior executive of the Chinese telecom giant Huawei, on a U.S. extradition warrant.

Kovrig, a former diplomat and now a think tank scholar, was detained in China for more than 1,000 days along with fellow Canadian Michael Spavor as part of Beijing's retaliation tactics for the arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver in late

This positive trend contrasts with the strained relationship between Beijing and Ottawa in recent years, marked by conflicts such as the arrest of Huawei's Meng Wanzhou and various allegations of China's foreign interference in Canadian society and electoral

Relations between Ottawa and Beijing have degraded significantly due to the Meng Wanzhou affair several years ago. Canada arrested the Huawei executive in December 2018 in response to an extradition request from the United States.

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Wanzhou on a U.S. extradition request over fraud.

The problem began after the 2018 detention of Canadian citizens Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig who were taken into custody in China after the arrest of Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou in Canada. Mr.

Department of Justice is asking a New York judge to dismiss the remaining indictment against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou.

“Unless they use a fake passport, like Meng Wanzhou, they can hardly travel to overseas destinations at will.” Mr. Ng also acknowledged that because none of these party members can travel abroad now, some of them came to him for help.

The Concern Group also highlighted that the PRC's influence extends beyond election cycles, noting a significant uptick in interference activities during the Meng Wanzhou incident.

Since China has become a major export market for Canada's agricultural sector, Beijing has used import blockages as a pressure point when circumstances don’t favour its interests, such as when Canada arrested Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou on a U.S. extradition

The incidents involving Meng Wanzhou and Zhang Shouzheng sparked ongoing Western scrutiny of the “Thousand Talents Plan” and economic espionage.

Their arbitrary incarceration for more than 1,000 days was widely regarded as an instance of China's hostage diplomacy, in response to Canada's arrest of Huawei senior executive Meng Wanzhou.

The relations between Ottawa and Beijing soured after Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou was arrested in Vancouver on a U.S. extradition request in late 2018.

Their detention is widely regarded as "hostage diplomacy" by Beijing in retaliation for Ottawa's arrest of Meng Wanzhou, a senior Huawei executive, on U.S. extradition charges. Mr. Dong has denied the allegations against him.

Their imprisonment of more than 1,000 days was widely regarded as an instance of China's hostage diplomacy, in response to Canada's arrest of Huawei senior executive Meng Wanzhou. Mr.

It came on the heels of the Meng Wanzhou affair, which caused a diplomatic freeze with Beijing and changed how the Liberal government interacted with China.

Trudeau had worked on building closer ties with Beijing but those efforts came to a halt after Canada executed a U.S. extradition warrant for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou in late 2018.