A year-and-a-half ago, Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor were detained in China and two others, Robert Lloyd Schellenberg and Fan Wei, were given execution sentences for drug offences, all in retaliation for the arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou in Canada. China’s actions have compelled me to set aside 40 years of collaboration and friendship with China to speak out in these pages against China’s actions. Read More
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Published in Canada-China relations, china, Columnists, Diplomacy, Meng Wanzhou, Michael Kovrig, Michael Spavor and Opinion
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