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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
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Washington Asks Allies to Drop Huawei
(Score: 2) by dry on Monday December 10 2018, @03:10AM (1 child)
Yet, we don't arrest important Americans who have violated human rights, helped take part in genocide and are guilty of war crimes, especially the ones who are still called Mr President.
The opposite happens as well, like illegally extraditing Marc Emery to the States. In his case, his crime was worth a small fine in Canada, not the 10 year minimum that American law called for. But Harper and the Americans didn't like his politics. To quote an American official,
All for the horrible crime of selling plant seeds and founding political parties as well as running for office.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Emery#2005_arrest_and_extradition [wikipedia.org]
(Score: 2) by Blymie on Monday December 10 2018, @07:26AM
You're not discussing the same thing.
We're talking extradition via treaty. We're talking about arrest. This happens both ways, all the time.
Yet you're discussing whether or not there is sufficient evidence that a Canadian court might lay charges, and further -- if anyone has compiled, vetted, and submitted that evidence, allowing for an arrest warrant to be issued.
You're trying to divert that into "We should be doing this!". Well, fine but.. this certainly isn't about the same thing. Not even remotely.
In terms of Harper? Harper had nothing, nada, zero, zilch to do with it. Prime Ministers don't extradite. They don't arrest. The don't control the courts.
The extradition was 100%, completely and fully legal. Nothing "funny" happened, in fact? Political interference would have been *abnormal*.
I know who Marc Emery is. I also know he shipped product to the US, full well knowing it was 100% illegal there. I know he also did quite a few other things, and that legally the US, and Canadian courts were on firm ground.
This is what happens when one pushes against laws, in protest. You often run afoul of them, and end up incarcerated.