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MENG WANZHOU

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 5, 2021
Biden shifts to a more conciliatory approach toward China
Biden's actions appear out of step with reality given that an ambitious China is actively working to supplant the U.S. as the world's preeminent power while waging a cold war against it.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Sep 29, 2021
Huawei CFO's admissions likely won't help U.S. in case against company
Huawei would likely say what she admitted was the result of extortion, or even a fabrication.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal / ANALYSIS
Sep 26, 2021
U.S. move to end Huawei saga should help China ties — but at a cost
The deal comes two weeks after Biden called Xi in frustration over Beijing's move to link progress on climate change with other demands, including Meng's release.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 26, 2021
China welcomes Huawei executive home as Trudeau hugs Canadians freed by Beijing
Meng Wanzhou arrived in China on Saturday, ending her near three-year U.S. extradition fight, the same day two Canadians detained by Beijing for more than 1,000 days returned home.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 25, 2021
China frees two Canadians after Huawei CFO flies home, ending crisis
The seemingly intractable impasse came to a rapid resolution Friday after Huawei's Meng Wanzhou struck a deferred prosecution agreement with U.S. authorities.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 19, 2021
Huawei CFO awaits Canadian ruling on extradition to U.S. after hearing ends
Prosecutors in New York have charged Meng Wanzhou with fraud, claiming she lied to HSBC about Huawei's operations in Iran as part of a scheme to violate U.S. trade sanctions.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 11, 2021
China leaves room to release Canadian after politically charged spy conviction
Michael Spavor was given an 11-year sentence after being found guilty of stealing and illegally providing state secrets to other countries.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Mar 18, 2021
China to begin trials for two Canadians detained amid Huawei feud
Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig will face their first court hearings on Friday and Monday, respectively, Canadian Foreign Minister Marc Garneau said Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 13, 2021
Canadian judge rejects Huawei CFO's push to use employee statements as evidence in U.S. extradition case
The Canadian judge in Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou's U.S. extradition case rejected her request to admit as evidence Huawei employee statements that contradict a U.S. claim she misled bankers about the company's business in Iran, a ruling said on Friday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 23, 2020
These two jailed Canadians deserve your Christmas wishes
Hopefully, the buildup of publicity of people sending Christmas cards to the imprisoned Canadians will put moral pressure on China, causing it to abandon its practice of hostage diplomacy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 10, 2020
For Canadians held in China, two years of isolation and uncertainty
The fates of the two men are seemingly intertwined with the future of China's tumultuous relationships with Canada and the United States.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Dec 5, 2020
U.S. efforts on Huawei executive case may save Canada's stalled China policy
Affair shows that without the heft of its southern neighbor, Canada has no bargaining power with China.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 30, 2020
Canadian judge backs Huawei CFO but won't dismiss extradition case
A judge has blocked an attempt by Canada's attorney general to get parts of Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou's arguments dismissed in the case to extradite her to the United States, according to a ruling released on Thursday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 11, 2020
A shot at hostage diplomacy with China backfires in Canada
The letter circulated by Huawei Technologies Co. was blunt. Canada was becoming dangerously entangled in the diplomatic feud between Washington and Beijing, it said, and there was only one answer: for Justin Trudeau’s government to free the state-championed tech giant’s chief financial officer and...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jul 9, 2020
576 days in a Chinese cell: Michael Kovrig's resolve pushed to its limits
In one of Michael Kovrig’s letters, the former Canadian diplomat describes life in a Chinese prison as a "gray, grinding monotony.” Confined to a windowless concrete cell, ten feet square, his incarceration has also been, at times, deeply traumatic.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 13, 2020
Canada spy agency warned of 'shock waves' from arrest of Huawei founder's daughter
Canada's intelligence agency warned that arresting the daughter of billionaire Huawei founder Ren Zheng would set off global "shock waves" and seriously affect ties with China, just before her detention in Vancouver on a U.S. extradition request, new court documents show.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 22, 2020
China doesn't understand Canada's judicial system, says Trudeau
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday that China doesn’t get that Canada has an independent judicial system and reiterated his charge that Beijing imprisoned two Canadians in retaliation for the arrest of a top Huawei executive.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 6, 2019
China to resume imports of Canadian beef and pork, says Trudeau
China will resume imports of Canadian beef and pork, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday, some four months after Beijing blocked shipments amid an escalating diplomatic feud between the two countries.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 1, 2019
Lawyers for Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou detail requests for records to prove rights were violated
Lawyers for Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou detailed a list of emails, notes and other records they are seeking to prove that her rights were violated before her December arrest at Vancouver's airport, according to a court document released on Monday.
Zelenskyy to replace Ukraine ambassador to Japan
Ukrainian Ambassador to Japan Sergiy Korsunsky delivers a speech during a handover ceremony of Self-Defense Force vehicles to Ukraine, at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo, in May last year.
Bankruptcies and suicides rise as Japanese struggle with mounting debt
Lawyers estimate that personal bankruptcies in Japan are on track to reach the highest since 2012 this year.
Honda and Nissan consider mutual production of vehicles, report says
Honda CEO Toshihiro Mibe at the Japan Mobility Show 2023 at Tokyo Big Sight in October 2023.
The mighty Mekong River's growing plastic problem
A group of elephant keepers in Chiang Saen, Thailand, remove plastic waste from the Ruak River, a tributary of the Mekong River, as a pair of Asian elephants bathe behind them.
Record 78% of people in Japan feel anxious, government survey finds
The public opinion survey on people's lives, conducted by the Cabinet Office, found that 28.1% of respondents think that their standard of living is at a lower-middle level among the general public — the highest percentage to give that response in 35 years.
Casual workouts, cool living, ‘complete’ food: Japan’s health trends of 2024
In 2024, efficiency trumped effort among Japan's fitness-focused aspirants.
The mighty Mekong River's growing plastic problem
A group of elephant keepers in Chiang Saen, Thailand, remove plastic waste from the Ruak River, a tributary of the Mekong River, as a pair of Asian elephants bathe behind them.
Japanese officials inspect Yokota Air Base over PFAS concerns
The Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo in September 2019. An inspection of the base by Japanese government officials on Friday came amid public pressure to investigate suspected links between the use of PFAS-containing firefighting foam by the U.S. base and contamination of soil and groundwater in western Tokyo.
Crime numbers rise in Japan for second straight year
A police officer stands in front of the residence of a man alleged to have stabbed two junior high school students in Kitakyushu.
North Korea aiding Russia where it needs it most, Canadian general says
North Korean special forces soldiers march and shout slogans during a military parade marking the 105th birth anniversary of the country's founding father, Kim Il Sung, in Pyongyang in April 2017.

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