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posted by Fnord666 on Saturday December 08 2018, @11:49PM   Printer-friendly
from the surprise dept.

Huawei Arrest Tests China's Leaders as Fear and Anger Grip Elite

The arrest of one of China's leading tech executives by the Canadian police for extradition to the United States has unleashed a combustible torrent of outrage and alarm among affluent and influential Chinese, posing a delicate political test for President Xi Jinping and his grip on the loyalty of the nation's elite.

The outpouring of conflicting sentiments — some Chinese have demanded a boycott of American products while others have expressed anxiety about their investments in the United States — underscores the unusual, politically charged nature of the Trump administration's latest move to counter China's drive for technological superiority.

In a hearing on Friday in Vancouver, Canadian prosecutors said the executive, Meng Wanzhou of the Chinese telecom giant Huawei, faced accusations of participating in a scheme to trick financial institutions into making transactions that violated United States sanctions against Iran.

Unlike a new round of tariffs or more tough rhetoric from American officials, the detention of Ms. Meng, the company's chief financial officer, appears to have driven home the intensifying rivalry between the United States and China in a visceral way for the Chinese establishment — and may force Mr. Xi to adopt a tougher stance against Washington, analysts said. In part, that is because Ms. Meng, 46, is so embedded in that establishment herself.

Previously: Canada Arrests Huawei's Global Chief Financial Officer in Vancouver

Related: New Law Bans U.S. Government from Buying Equipment from Chinese Telecom Giants ZTE and Huawei
Australia Bans China's Huawei (and maybe ZTE) from 5G Mobile Network Project
Washington Asks Allies to Drop Huawei


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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Blymie on Sunday December 09 2018, @09:20AM (5 children)

    by Blymie (4020) on Sunday December 09 2018, @09:20AM (#771859)

    Amusingly, if the quotes in this article are true -- it appears China has no comprehension of due process. They probably know it exists, but believe it's just a convenient guise.

    No. Sorry. In Canada, due process is followed -- regardless of who you are, who you know.
    So no China, there is NO WAY AT ALL for a politician to order her release. There are provisions to deny extradition:

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/meng-huawei-extradition-1.4937146 [www.cbc.ca] (someone else posted this excellent article), I quote:

    "Canada's extradition laws give Ottawa the power to reject requests that it considers oppressive or politically motivated, a back door known as the "political offence exception." For example, extradition requests that seek to prosecute people for their race, religion, sexuality or political opinions would be out of order."

    Note though, this doesn't mean that "because politics are involved". No, not AT ALL. If there is proper evidence, the evidence meets the standard -- politics are meaningless.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_offence_exception [wikipedia.org]

    What I find interesting, is that there has been a warrant for her arrest since August.

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  • (Score: 2) by Blymie on Sunday December 09 2018, @09:28AM

    by Blymie (4020) on Sunday December 09 2018, @09:28AM (#771860)

    To add to this...

    I wonder, do they realise the difference between a Canadian and Chinese jail? She's in a Canadian jail this weekend, but the only hardship is confinement... our jails are like US jails, and certainly not Chinese jails.

    On top of this, I'm sure that she's in solitary. Not because she deserves special treatment because of who she is, but to protect her -- because of who she is. Most Canucks are very open, very friendly, very multicultural. But it wouldn't be a stretch to say that some intolerant people might happen to exist in our prisons. Solitary would be for her own protection.

    And plus, we also sometimes use solitary prior to psychological assessment. Will the person suicide? Will they be a threat to others?

    Yet there are books in solitary... compared to all the hub-bub of the trial, the arrest, the media -- spending a couple of days sleeping/reading may be a blessing.

  • (Score: 2) by legont on Sunday December 09 2018, @04:11PM (2 children)

    by legont (4179) on Sunday December 09 2018, @04:11PM (#771969)

    Well, Saddam Husein had no way to destroy nonexistent chemical weapons either.

    --
    "Wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding" - John Kenneth Galbraith.
    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 09 2018, @07:57PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 09 2018, @07:57PM (#772070)

      oh they existed. it's just that only US black ops knew where they were buried...

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 10 2018, @02:26PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 10 2018, @02:26PM (#772367)

        Since they were probably the ones who planted them.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 09 2018, @07:12PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 09 2018, @07:12PM (#772056)

    Glad to know we still have some sane neighbors to the North. God bless, brother.