The bitter political divide between Canada and China grew ever wider Wednesday after a British Columbia judge issued a ruling that went against the stern demands of the People's Republic.
OTTAWA -- The bitter political divide between Canada and China grew wider Wednesday after a British Columbia judge issued a ruling that went against the stern demands of the People's Republic.
Holmes ruled the allegations against Meng, that she lied to American banks to get Huawei business around sanctions against Iran, could constitute a crime in Canada. So her extradition case continues, and she will remain in the court's hands -- on bail in a luxury Vancouver home. "The purpose of the United States is to bring down Huawei and other Chinese high-tech companies, and Canada has been acting in the process as an accomplice of the United States. The whole case is entirely a grave political incident."
"I have no views on the ruling ... It should have no bearing whatsoever on Michael Kovrig's fate. He should not be made a casualty of the ruling in this case," Robert Malley, the head of the Washington-based International Crisis Group, said in an interview. "They should focus on the difficulties and the tensions in the relationship but they should also, as these groups are developed, push back against the things we don't agree with, like human-rights violations and the kind of political influence that has received a lot of attention in the Chinese-Australian relationship," Rotman said in an interview.
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