Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou flies back to China after striking deal with US
3 years, 3 months ago

Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou flies back to China after striking deal with US

Firstpost  

Two Canadians who were jailed for nearly three years in retaliation to her 2018 arrest have been freed by Beijing Beijing: Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou was headed home from Vancouver on Saturday as two Canadians were released from prison in China, bringing a close to a bitter diplomatic row that has poisoned ties for three years. In turn, Beijing called Meng’s case “a purely political incident.” US secretary of state Antony Blinken said “the US government stands with the international community in welcoming the decision” to release the men. Beijing also accused Ottawa of doing Washington’s bidding by arresting and holding Meng, known inside Huawei as the “princess” of the company and its possible future leader. “I think it will probably send the wrong lesson to China – that hostage diplomacy works.” Former Canadian ambassador to China, Guy Saint-Jacques, told AFP that the release of Kovrig and Spavor coinciding with Meng being freed “does confirm that this was hostage diplomacy.” It also means “one less thorn” in the bilateral relationship, he said – but added Canada-China ties likely “won’t come back to what they were before”.

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