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Chinese Banker Who Fled to Canada Embezzled Millions Via Bond Trading
Meet Bái Jìng 白静, a former banker who embezzled 200 million yuan ($31 million) and fled to Canada. Beijing wants that money back, and announced yesterday it’s hunting him down.
Canadian police are ordered to destroy Meng’s phone passwords
The passwords were jotted down by a border officer, then given to police in breach of privacy laws after Meng’s arrest. Devices seized included a Huawei phone, an iPhone, an Apple laptop and an iPad.
Beijing Pressures Top China Manufacturing Hub to Curb Power Use
Jiangsu -- a Chinese province with an economy as large as Canada’s -- is curbing electricity supplies to industry as Beijing pressures it to reduce energy usage to cut emissions.
Ganfeng Lithium Is Said to Weigh Dropping Pursuit of Millennial
China’s Ganfeng Lithium Co. is unlikely to match a competing offer for Millennial Lithium Corp., according to people familiar with the matter.
Chinese Firm Buys Canada mRNA Vaccine Tech in $500 Million Deal
Chinese biopharma firm Everest Medicines Ltd. will license an mRNA Covid-19 vaccine from Canada’s Providence Therapeutics Holdings Inc., as companies try to bring the most effective inoculation platform into China despite its apparent resistance to western shots.
China Accuses Canada Goose Of ‘Misleading’ Consumers in Ads
High-end parka maker Canada Goose Holdings Inc. was fined by China and criticized by its state media for allegedly misleading consumers in some advertisements, becoming the latest foreign brand to be targeted by regulators amid political tensions between Beijing and the west.
US supports 2 Canadians marking 1,000th day in Chinese cells
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday that “people are not bargaining chips,” adding the U.S. stands with Canada in calling for the release of two Canadians detained in China for 1,000 days.
Canadian jailed in China accused of taking military photos
Reports in state media give rare details of allegations against Michael Spavor and his compatriot Michael Kovrig
China Links Canadians Michael Spavor, Kovrig on Espionage Charges
Two Canadians tried in China on spying charges exchanged photographs of military equipment, according to a state-run Chinese newspaper, in one of the most explicit official statements on how the cases are linked.
Chinese Diplomat Blasts Canada in Phone Call With Huawei’s Meng
China’s top diplomat to Canada lashed out at the country in a phone call with Meng Wanzhou, a sign that tensions are escalating before the final decision on whether the Huawei Technologies Co. executive will be extradited to the U.S.
Meng Wanzhou extradition case wraps up but verdict will take months
US is seeking to extradite Huawei chief financial officer, and fate of two Canadians held in China is seen as linked
Canadian judge reserves decision on Huawei CFO extradition
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — A Canadian judge reserved her decision Wednesday on whether a senior executive for Chinese communications giant Huawei Technologies should be extradited to the U.S.
Huawei CFO's legal team resumes defense in Canadian court
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Lawyers for a senior executive for Chinese communications giant Huawei Technologies told a court Monday that there is no evidence she made any misrepresentations that resulted in a bank suffering a loss or put the bank at risk of suffering a loss.
US charges against Meng ‘turn fraud law on its head’, her lawyer says
There was no causal link between the Huawei executive’s conduct and any negative impact on her alleged victim, HSBC, said lawyer Mark Sandler as the final week of Meng’s extradition fight began in a Canadian court.
‘Arrogant’: China rejects criticism over court process for Canadians
A diplomatic back and forth between Beijing and Ottawa flared up after Canadians Robert Schellenberg and Michael Spavor appeared in Chinese courts this week.
Meng’s dishonesty ‘abundantly clear’, last stage of extradition case hears
Canadian government lawyer Robert Frater said the US evidence against the Huawei executive established a prima facie case that she had defrauded HSBC.
China should release Canadians Spavor and Kovrig, says US top diplomat
‘The practice of arbitrarily detaining individuals to exercise leverage over foreign governments is completely unacceptable. People should never be used as bargaining chips,’ said US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
Chinese Court Rejects Canadian’s Appeal of Death Sentence for Drug Trafficking
Robert Lloyd Schellenberg initially received 15 years in prison for methamphetamine trafficking. But he was handed a death sentence in a one-day retrial in 2019.
Canadian faces spy ruling in China as Huawei decision looms
BEIJING (AP) — A Canadian entrepreneur who was charged with spying after his government arrested an executive of Chinese tech giant Huawei faces a possible verdict Wednesday as Beijing steps up pressure on Canada ahead of a court ruling on whether to hand over the executive to face U.S.
Lawyers for Huawei CFO argue US 'strategically crafted' case
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Lawyers for a senior Huawei executive argued in a Canadian court Wednesday that the United States “strategically crafted” a misleading record of the fraud case against her and acted “in bad faith” when presenting reasons she should be extradited.