Meng Wanzhou (2)

Free at last !  Meng Wanzhou had been released and went home to China. 

I know the Meng Wanzhou case quite well, following it from day one to the present. I wrote about it in my blog Fast Edi Thoughts and Comments on Nov.20, 2020. 

The appearance is a legal case but the truth is a political game involving the US, China and unfortunately Canada. I was most impressed by Richard Kurland, a high-profile lawyer in Vancouver who analyzed and explained the whole case so well in detail. He predicted that Meng would be released and allowed to return to China. 

US / China relations: No Meng Wanzhou release, no help from Xi Jinping to Joe Biden. In the past, China needed help from the US more. Today the US needs China more.

Fast Edi Thoughts and Comments ***  Edi Lee for Peace. 

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. ___________________________________________________ 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. ___________________________________________________ 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. ___________________________________________________ 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.