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A major matter between the US and China has been resolved. Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou is allowed to return home without punishment. At the same time, Canadian citizens Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig are granted amnesia after more than 1,000 days in Chinese custody. The chronology of events presents a politically loaded economic thriller caught between a power struggle between the rising and the acting world power.
By Frank Sieren
Three Canadians have been caught up in the geopolitical maelstrom surrounding the possible extradition of Vancouver-based Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou to the US. They are currently held in custody in China. Two tough sentences were handed down this week. Relations between Canada and China are at an all-time low – as the verdict of Meng's extradition trial draws near.
By Christiane Kuehl