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How Meng Wanzhou’s ‘P’ passport works
The public-affairs passport grants visa-free travel to more than two dozen countries to diplomatic missions, foreign affairs workers, state-owned ente...
China demands U.S. withdraw request for Canada to extradite Huawei executive
Canada's extradition of detained Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou to the United States to face allegations of violating sanctions against Iran will do little to ease China's diplomatic ire towards either country any time soon, a former U.S. diplomat says.
U.S. to proceed with formal request to extradite Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou
Canada’s ambassador to the U.S. David MacNaughton did not say when the formal U.S. extradition request would be made but the deadline for filing is Jan. 30
China could make it harder for Canadian firms over detainee row
Increased scrutiny, higher barriers to entry could be some economic responses if Beijing retaliates against Ottawa bid for international support.
Chinese police prevent Canadian woman from returning home on connecting flight through Beijing
Chinese authorities denied Ti-Anna Wang entry into China to visit her father despite having issued her a visa, and forced her, her husband and baby da...
Huawei’s Reclusive Founder Rejects Spying and Praises Trump (Published 2019)
Ren Zhengfei, C.E.O. of the Chinese tech giant, said he would wait to see if President Trump intervened in the case of his daughter, who is accused of fraud.
China Sentences a Canadian, Robert Lloyd Schellenberg, to Death (Published 2019)
The capital sentence came in a retrial ordered after Mr. Schellenberg had appealed a 15-year sentence. It worsened tense China-Canada ties.
13 Canadians detained in China since arrest of Huawei executive in Vancouver, officials reveal
Only three of them were previously known to the public. Meanwhile, experts in politics and foreign affairs are confident that the people still detaine...
Canada and US demand ‘immediate release’ of Canadians held by China
The demand is a sharp escalation, with Canada’s Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland directly linking the arrests to Canada’s detention of Meng Wanzhou.
‘Hundreds’ of Canadians held by China raises the stakes for Trudeau’s government
The Star is told that three arrests a week is common each year but the number reveals what is at stake for Canada in the Huawei affair.
Opinion | Huawei crisis has Chinese Canadians worried
But for a diaspora with divergent views on the arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou, it is rare that two opposing sides share a consensus on this issue: ...
Globe editorial: Globe editorial: The end of the Trudeau government’s China delusion
By essentially kidnapping Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, the hard men of Beijing have shown their true faces
Canada Goose delays China store opening amid tension over Huawei
The postponement of the flagship store comes as Canada Goose has emerged as one of the highest-profile business casualties in the diplomatic flare-up between China and Canada.
A Weakened China Tries a Different Approach With the U.S.: Treading Lightly (Published 2018)
Hobbled by a slowing economy, the Chinese government has opted for a measured response to the arrest of a Huawei executive.
Ex-Canadian ambassador warns Kovrig detention has precedent as reprisal
David Mulroney, Canada’s ambassador in Beijing from 2009 to 2012, sees parallels with a 2014 arrest of Kevin and Julia Garratt, imprisoned after Ottawa detained Su Bin on a US request.
The Huawei Executive’s Arrest Is Igniting Fear. The U.S. Should Take Notice. (Published 2018)
Chinese tech entrepreneurs are rethinking their business trips and their American ties. They could instead be valuable allies in the drive to bring more freedom to China.
Huawei case forces China to walk tightrope in US trade talks
Beijing is keen to defend flagship business, but does not want to imperil the current talks to resolve the trade war with Washington.
Meng’s mansions: inside Huawei CFO’s Canadian connections
Meng Wanzhou’s current circumstances are remarkable, but her Canadian backstory is familiar – she is a reverse immigrant who left family members in Vancouver for years. Title documents on two Vancouver mansions, worth US$16.4 million, identify her husband as Liu Xiaozong.
Why China is ratcheting up pressure on Canada over Huawei arrest
As the Chinese government steps up the pressure on Ottawa it is trying to avoid linking the case with the ongoing trade talks with Washington.
