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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: 2) by Blymie on Monday December 10 2018, @07:04AM (2 children)

    by Blymie (4020) on Monday December 10 2018, @07:04AM (#772258)

    You assume ignorance, merely because Canada doesn't act the way you wish. Yet it is not ignorance, but purposeful intent.

    You do not keep your democracy, by allowing it to be undermined when you feel stress. In fact, it is *easy* to do the right, the correct, the proper thing when you are not pressured, not stressed, not bothered by external forces.

    The true display of 'grit', if you will, is how one stands when pushed.

    Amusingly however, you think this is a 'big deal'. It isn't. This is a tiny, little, minuscule incident. China can turn this into a larger incident, but if they do?

    I assure you... it will turn out poorly for them, if so.

    Lastly? You seem to be deluded as much as some in China are. I suspect you are either Chinese, or come from a country/culture/upbringing where you just can't understand.

    Politicians in Canada? Have *no* sway here. None. Zero. Nada. No politician can demand her release. Nothing a politician can do, will cause her to be released.

    Judges will not be swayed by political requests, domestic or foreign. They operate 100% independently from the executive branch. The Prime Minister, MPs, can do *nothing*, zero, nada to have her released.

    There are many countries in the world that have a hire rate of corruption, and bribery as a cultural norm.

    We don't. This is the way we *want* it. It is entrenched in how our democracy works.

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  • (Score: 2) by legont on Monday December 10 2018, @11:16PM (1 child)

    by legont (4179) on Monday December 10 2018, @11:16PM (#772630)

    Man, you gonna have a few psyche shocks within the next decade.

    China is already bigger than the US in ppp terms. While this measurement might be controversial, it definitely the best one to assess military strenth.

    But fear not, there are less controversial options available. China, for example, could drown Canada in fetanyl so your government would have to build the police state itself to stop it. Opium wars in reverse. Do you think they forgot what your ancestors done to them?

    How could a sane, supposedly peaceful, government get itself in the middle of an ugly fight between superpowers? Of a country that depends on both so much...

    --
    "Wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding" - John Kenneth Galbraith.
    • (Score: 2) by Blymie on Tuesday December 11 2018, @12:01AM

      by Blymie (4020) on Tuesday December 11 2018, @12:01AM (#772652)

      You just don't get it, democracy isn't worth a damn, if you don't follow the rule of law.

      The arrest is doing just that.

      All this hand waving, "fear of the future", doesn't matter. It's meaningless. You don't save a democracy, by giving up what makes it such.

      You've blathered on with inane statements in that other thread too.

      You know we've lived beside the US forever, and we certainly don't hesitate to arrest their citizens either. What the hell is wrong with you?

      It's like you think China is special.