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May 31, 2019
World News | China says hopes Canada understands consequences of siding with U.S.
Reuters Editorial
3 minutes
BEIJING
(Reuters) - China hopes Canada understands the consequences of siding
with the United States and doing its bidding, China’s foreign ministry
said on Friday, after U.S. Vice President Mike Pence called for the
release of two Canadians detained in China.
FILE
PHOTO: Picture of Canadian and Chinese flags taken prior to the meeting
with Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and China's President Xi
Jinping at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on December 5, 2017, in
Beijing. Fred Dufour/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Chinese
authorities detained Canadian businessman Michael Spavor and former
diplomat Michael Kovrig in December, shortly after Canada arrested
China-based Huawei Technologies Co Ltd’s Chief Financial Officer, Meng
Wanzhou, on a U.S. warrant.
She faces extradition to the United
States on charges she conspired to defraud global banks about Huawei’s
relationship with a company operating in Iran. She and the company have
denied the charges and China has called for her release.
Asked
about Pence comments that U.S. President Donald Trump would speak with
Chinese President Xi Jinping about the detained Canadians at a G20
meeting in Japan in June, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang
implied Canada was to blame for its problems in China.
“We hope
that the Canadian side will come to understand the full consequences of
pulling chestnuts from the fire on behalf of the United States, and not
inflict more harm on themselves,” Geng told reporters, without
elaborating.
Pence, who has taken a hard line on China,
discussed the detained Canadians with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in
Ottawa on Thursday, where they also talked about Huawei and China trade
issues.
Kovrig and Spavor were formally charged with espionage
this month. China has also cut off imports of key Canadian commodities
in an effort to press it.
Canada has called the arrests arbitrary.
During his visit, Pence thanked Canada for standing up for the rule of law in detaining Meng.
While
Canada says China has made no specific link between the detentions of
the two men and Meng’s arrest, experts and former diplomats say they
have no doubt it is using their cases to pressure Canada. Reporting by Cate Cadell; Editing by Ben Blanchard, Robeert Birsel Sourve: Reuters
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