Tag: Michael Kovrig
over 2 years ago
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Shrouded in secrecy, here is the inside story behind the two Michaels’ flight to freedom

The news of their return ricocheted around the world. Neither of the two former detainees, Kovrig or Spavor, has come...

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over 2 years ago
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Opinion | Citizens must respond to hostilities by making every day Buy Nothing from China Day

China has never been capitalist or even socialist, except in exporting cheap and badly made goods globally. China is ...

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over 2 years ago
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China, Canada and the U.S. all insist there was ‘no deal’ to bring the two Michaels home

It was a “highly choreographed” affair, the parallel returns of Meng Wanzhou to China and the long-awaited homecoming...

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over 2 years ago
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Opinion | The two Michaels’ ordeals may have ended, but Canada’s problems with China are far from...

We’re not making it any easier by flagellating ourselves and goading our government’s diplomats with facile critiques...

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over 2 years ago
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Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor were set free for medical reasons, not because Meng Wanzhou was...

The Chinese government denies it released Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor in exchange for the release of Huawei exe...

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over 2 years ago
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Opinion | Meng Wanzhou’s game is over, but the ‘two Michaels’ are forced to keep playing

Justice will be delayed a while yet for Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor. There will be no short-term satisfaction f...

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over 2 years ago
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Huawei exec Meng Wanzhou appearing in court Friday to resolve charges, report says

Reuters reported Friday that Meng is to make a surprise virtual appearance in a New York courtroom.

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almost 3 years ago
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Opinion | How will Canada bring the two Michaels home? Justin Trudeau says it’s complicated

China talks tough and Canada chooses its words carefully, but Justin Trudeau is biding his time when it comes to deal...

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about 3 years ago
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Opinion | Canada could tell China to release our prisoners — or else. But ‘or else’ what?

China’s Canadian hostages are just collateral damage in a superpower confrontation, Martin Regg Cohn writes.

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about 3 years ago
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Chinese ambassador tells Canada to butt out and accuses Ottawa of misleading international protes...

Chinese envoy denies genocide and tells Canada and others to butt out of its “domestic affairs.”

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about 3 years ago
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Opinion | If Canada wants to take on China, condemning its treatment of Uighurs is a sensible fir...

China’s might makes it invulnerable, but its pride does not leave it impervious to sustained and strategic political ...

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over 3 years ago
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Opinion | Ottawa shouldn’t expel China’s ambassador. There’s a better way to send a message

It’s not wrong to lash out at Beijing’s undiplomatic diplomat, Cong Peiwu, who had no right to threaten the security ...

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