In today’s Big Story podcast, it’s wonderful that two Canadians caught in the middle of geopolitics are home and safe after more than 1,000 days detained in China.
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Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou’s formal extradition hearing in B.C. enters Day 2
Government lawyers are expected to argue today that an international bank risked losses due to the alleged misrepresentations by one of Huawei’s most senior executives.
Chinese court sentences Canadian Michael Spavor to 11 years on spying charges
A Canadian entrepreneur was sentenced to 11 years in prison Wednesday in a spy case linked to Beijing’s effort to push his country to release an executive of tech giant Huawei, prompting an unusual joint show of support for Canada by the United States, Japan and 23 other governments.
Chinese court upholds Canadian prisoner Robert Schellenberg’s death sentence
BEIJING — A Chinese court on Tuesday rejected an appeal by Robert Schellenberg, a Canadian whose sentence in a drug case was increased to death after an executive of tech giant Huawei was detained in Vancouver.
Canadian Michael Kovrig goes on trial in China on spy charges
A second Canadian citizen held for more than two years on spying charges in apparent retaliation for Canada’s arrest of a senior executive of the telecoms giant Huawei went on trial in Beijing on Monday.
Chinese government interference derailed Canadian vaccine partnership: researcher
A Canadian vaccine researcher says he believes that Chinese political machinations ended a vaccine partnership last summer.