Friday, November 20, 2020
Meng Wanzhou
The case of Meng Wanzhou is not over yet. Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister
of Canada, made the decision back in December 2018 to yield to the U.S. request
for Ms. Meng's extradition. He treated it straightly as a legal case and said
there would be no political intervention. But in reality, even from Day One,
many people including myself, believe that it is not straightly a legal case. It
was / is indeed very political. It is a serious matter which is very much both
legal and political.
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Justin said he had no regrets about Ms. Meng's arrest. This
Meng Wanzhou case is a very tough one, but he would not go the easy way out by
approving Ms. Meng's release. The Attorney General of Canada does have the legal
authority to release her.
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Canada got caught between two super powers, the U.S. and China.
Justine unwisely accepted Uncle Sam's political hot potato. Ms. Meng is not a
criminal. Her arrest in Canada is seen by many as a case of political kidnap and
her being used as a playing chip of the U.S. against Huawei and China.
Politically, Canada would side with the U.S.
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Justin did the right thing, as he himself looked at the matter, but many people
thought he did a stupid thing. He has damaged the many years of good relations
between Canada and China.
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Read Meng Wanzhou (2) that I wrote and published on Sept. 26, 2021.
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