Tag: Meng Wanzhou

Most Canadians Want Huawei Ban and ‘China’s Growing Power’ Contained: Poll

An increasing majority of Canadians think that the federal government should ban Chinese telecom giant Huawei Technologies from joining the country’s 5G network, a new poll finds. Conducted by Nanos Research for the Globe and Mail, the survey found that 76 percent of Canadians are against Huawei taking part in the country’s telecommunication 5G network—an…


Did China’s Hostage Diplomacy Work? A Look Back at Huawei CFO’s Arrest and Release

Imagine a doctor forcing you to have a surgery you never agreed to so they can extort money from you. You don’t have to imagine that—it’s happening in China. A 17-year-old girl was put on the operating table for a surgery she never agreed to. We talk about this shocking news.  Also, the hostage exchange…


EpochTV Review: Hostage Diplomacy

Commentary In this episode of Kash’s Corner, “A Three Way Deal?–One Huawei CFO, Two Americans, and Two Canadians,” hosts Kash Patel and Jan Jekielek discuss the deferred prosecution agreement that was given to Huawei’s CFO by the Department of Justice, the events that followed, and the implications of those events. Huawei is a massive telecom…


Kash’s Corner: A Three Way Deal?—One Huawei CFO, Two Americans, and Two Canadians

“She basically bought her way out of the U.S. criminal justice system, even though she admitted to committing all the egregious conduct in the indictment,” says Kash Patel. Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou was recently given a deferred prosecution agreement and allowed to return to China. And almost immediately after, the “two Michaels” imprisoned…


Innocent Travellers Could be Pawns in Hostage Diplomacy

Commentary It was no coincidence that as Meng Wanzhou, daughter of Huawei’s founder Ren Zhengfei, was released from home detention in her mansion in Canada, two Canadians—former diplomat Michael Kovrig and businessman Michael Spavor—were also released from prison in China. Meng, Huawei’s chief financial officer, was being held on a U.S. extradition request relating to the…


Trudeau Says Will Reflect on Relationship With China and Decide on Huawei in New Term

Prime Minster Justin Trudeau says he will reflect on Canada’s relationship with China as he prepares to form a new government in the coming weeks. During a press conference on Sept. 28, Trudeau was asked if he will take a harder line on China and ban Huawei from 5G as many of Canada’s allies have,…


Meng’s Release Could Encourage Future ‘Hostage Diplomacy’ by Beijing: Senator

The freeing of the “two Michaels” at the same time Meng Wanzhou was released from her bail conditions proves that Beijing was using hostage diplomacy all along and sets a troubling precedent for future dealings with the Chinese regime, warns Canadian Sen. Leo Housakos.  “[In] this particular case, China won. They got what they wanted,” Housakos…


What Went On Behind the Scenes in the Meng Wanzhou Case?

News Analysis As the “two Michaels” departed China for Canada on the evening of Sept. 24, not only their families but millions of Canadians were relieved to finally have the men safely back home. Besides that, very little is known about the facts surrounding a decision by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to allow…


Canada’s Ambassador to US Says Meng Deal ‘Independent’ of China’s Release of Kovrig and Spavor

Canada’s ambassador to the U.S. says Washington did not make China’s release of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor a condition of the resolution of the charges against Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou. “Absolutely not. The DPA [Deferred Prosecution Agreement] and the resolution of the charges against Ms. Meng was a completely independent process,” said…


US Senators Slam Beijing’s ‘Hostage Diplomacy’ as Huawei CFO Gets Hero’s Welcome in China

Republican senators have decried the Chinese regime’s success in its bid at “hostage diplomacy” after the release of Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou on Sept. 24. Meng, who had been detained at her Vancouver home since late 2018 fighting extradition to the United States, struck a deal with U.S. prosecutors on Friday allowing her…