Category: Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig

Prisoner Swap Between Huawei CFO and Canada’s ‘Two Michaels’ Gives Hardliners in Beijing Ammunition

September 27, 2021
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Commentary Former diplomat Michael Kovrig and business consultant Michael Spavor are both home in Canada now. On Sept. 24, they were released by Beijing immediately after Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou was released from Canadian custody, following U.S. prosecutors’ decision to end the extradition request for her and to put the prosecution on hold…

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The Third Michael

September 6, 2021
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Commentary Canadians, and the world, have learned a lot about what passes for law in China following what is widely believed to be a hostage taking by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Two Canadians were incarcerated almost three years ago: Michael Spavor, a businessman who ran a travel and cultural exchange business between China and…

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China Tilts From Spavor Toward Kovrig in a Desperate Bid for Leverage Against Canada

September 5, 2021
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Commentary Last week, China’s state-run tabloid Global Times ran an article, based on information from an inside source, which laid out the evidence that stood as the basis for sentencing Canadian national Michael Spavor to 11 years on spying charges in a case linked to Huawei. Spavor’s trial was held in secret. The article caused…

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