{"id":2064,"date":"2018-12-21T10:26:16","date_gmt":"2018-12-21T10:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.positivenewstrends.com\/?p=2064"},"modified":"2019-04-11T09:39:37","modified_gmt":"2019-04-11T09:39:37","slug":"canada-caught-in-the-crossfire-of-us-china-trade-war-third-canadian-detained-in-china-over-visa-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.positivenewstrends.com\/news\/canada-caught-in-the-crossfire-of-us-china-trade-war-third-canadian-detained-in-china-over-visa-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada caught in the crossfire of US-China Trade War: Third Canadian detained in China Over Visa issue"},"content":{"rendered":"

The tense trade-war prevailing between the two great superpowers, the United States & China seemed to have stoked up!<\/p>\n

The United States accusation on a top Chinese technology executive of fraud enraged China. Meng<\/strong> Wanzhou<\/strong>, a chief financial officer of the Chinese telecommunications giant,<\/strong> Huawei Technologies Co Ltd. [HWT.UL] <\/strong>was arrested in Vancouver few weeks ago.\"Meng<\/p>\n

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Meng\u2019s arrest was solicited by the United States where she is wanted on fraud allegations. Law-enforcement officials accused her of misleading multi-national banks about Iran-linked transactions.<\/p>\n

Who has China lashed out at?<\/p>\n

Canada.<\/p>\n

Canada is in a tricky spot, caught in the crossfire <\/strong>of its two largest trading partners & worried about having to choose sides.<\/p>\n

Furious at the arrest of Meng Wanzhou <\/strong>in Vancouver, China has seized 3 Canadians in a row.<\/p>\n

Days after Meng\u2019s arrest Chinese state security agents detained two Canadians alleging that they were suspected of endangering state security. Entrepreneur Michael Spavor<\/strong> and Michael Kovrig<\/strong>, a former diplomat on a leave of absence from Global Affairs, both remain in custody in China.\"Michael<\/p>\n

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Before the buzz of the two Canadian\u2019s incarceration could dissolve, Chinese Foreign Ministry recently detained the third Canadian. Sarah McIver <\/strong>who has been teaching in China for is accused of illegal employment<\/strong>. This Canadian National has been held over a visa irregularity & is undergoing administrative punishment. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The Canadian government alleges that there is no explicit link between the arrest of Meng & the detentions of Spavor, Kovrog & Mclver<\/strong>. The detentions of the Canadians are believed to be a tit-for-tat reprisal by China.<\/p>\n

China sees Meng\u2019s arrest as a sneaky political ploy engineered by Americans & has demanded her exemption immediately.<\/p>\n

Meng, <\/strong>the daughter of Huawei\u2019s founder & an affluent business celebrity in China has been released on bail in Vancouver, where she owns two homes. When and whether she will extradited remains unclear.<\/p>\n

She is due in Court on Feb. 6 for what legal observers predict could be long, drawn-out legal process.<\/p>\n