An Air China flight bound for Shenzhen, believed to be carrying Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou, takes off from Vancouver International Aiport in Richmond, B.C. on Sept. 24, 2021.Meng Wanzhou gets to jet out of Canada, leaving behind her multimillion-dollar Vancouver mansion and a lot of lingering problems.
China has convicted Michael Spavor and is still keeping Michael Kovrig in jail. The Canadians’ story so farThe deal appears to have been struck by the Biden administration, rather than the U.S. attorney who indicted Ms. Meng, so we can hope that it included a quid pro quo for the eventual release of Mr. Kovrig and Mr. Spavor.
Both men, and their families, have also been trapped for more than 1,000 days in the painful, cold calculus of negotiations with kidnappers wrapped in a further layer of geopolitical power shifts, where acceding to demands to release Ms. Meng would encourage Beijing to use human bargaining chips again. And on this day, they are not yet free.
There remains an unavoidable need to work with China in some areas, but Beijing’s long-standing call of “win-win” relations has to be distrusted more now, because when push comes to shove, China reserves the right to decide what is a win for each party. We know that because push did come to shove.
Canada was played for patsies. we were the ball in their ping-pong match and our guys were kidnapped to even the stakes. My take: whatever treaty obligation the Americans used to draw us into this mess, the treaty should be cancelled, voided gutted, now
No one gets any benefit from this. What a waste of time and effort for nothing.
HOSTAGE DIPLOMACY!
We should have sympathy for the 2 Canadians. But should we have sympathy for Canadians generally? Not really. Because every single day of the year Canadians overwhelmingly buy Made in China products for the only reason they are cheap. Do Canadians care that it enriches China? 1/2
Bet the US was a winner with some big economic arrangement for sure. We are left to be bruised but happy that two Cdn citizens are now free. Good but also shows we have no real leverage to play foreign affairs on the global stage for economics. Our Govt buys image with aid money!
Canada should refuse to attend the next Olympics, in China. In an ideal world, the two Michaels would each get one of the two Vancouver houses where the Chinese 'prisoner' had to suffer.
Why does she hold a Canadian citizenship, so she can launder some dirty money in Canada. Sell her mansion in Vancouver and split the money between the two Michaels as a start for compensation.
China = cheap terrible products. As a businessman I would never trust anything from them.
but wait, she has a mansion here and will be back in the spring. lol
About time Canada stopped being a American lapdog
China, supplanting the USA, leads the world!
I love how people want us to get tough with China, an infinitely more powerful country than Canada.
'Beijing’s long-standing call of win-win relations has to be distrusted more now, because when push comes to shove, China reserves the right to decide what is a win for each party. We know that because push did come to shove' and Chinese are just concerned in some sort of revenge
The hard lesson should be for Trudeau and Canada for getting involved in other countries’ dispute and wasting tax payers’ money, not to mention starting an international crisis that is still costing two Canadians and their families. The US never really wanted to prosecute Meng.
Don’t worry we have two teams prepped
Ya, never do what America wants
If she was a problem to the US, then send her to the US. No need to keep her for 3 years here.
Disgusting! Free the Michaels!
If people would just look at the products they are purchasing and put back Chinese product, that in part would send a message to China we dont need their dollar store trash.
Rough eh, got to fly her family over for a little visit while restricted to her million dollar mansion, same can’t be said for a couple of Canadians
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i want travel can you help me please 😩
Now let's hope she sells her Canadian real estate and never returns!!
Let me guess our weak sauce pm let her go without conditions
Hostage diplomacy works?