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Dominic Barton. (Video screengrab from McKinsey.com)

Ambassador to China to leave post after helping free detainees

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By David Ljunggren, GFM Network News December 6, 2021

Ottawa | Reuters –– Canada’s ambassador to China said on Monday he would soon leave his post after a two-year assignment where he helped secure the freedom of two Canadian detainees despite icy relations between Beijing and Ottawa. Dominic Barton’s departure, which will take effect Dec. 31, leaves a crucial diplomatic post open at a […] Read more

A crenellated walkway on top of the Great Wall of China. (Cia.gov)

Canola, Crops, Reuters

Xi raised Huawei case in recent call with Biden, White House says

By alexandra-alper, GFM Network News September 27, 2021

Washington | Reuters — The White House on Monday said a near-simultaneous release of a top Huawei executive and two Canadians detained shortly after her arrest was not a prisoner swap, but said the moves came up in a call between the Chinese and U.S. presidents weeks before. On Friday, Huawei chief financial officer Meng […] Read more

General, Reuters

‘Two Michaels’ have left China, Trudeau says

Huawei CFO en route back to China

By Reuters, GFM Network News September 25, 2021

Ottawa | Reuters — Two Canadian citizens who were detained by Beijing for more than 1,000 days have left Chinese airspace and will arrive back in Canada early on Saturday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters Friday. Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor were picked up in December 2018, shortly after Vancouver police arrested Huawei Technologies […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Reuters

Pompeo urges China to release two detained Canadians

U.S. Secretary of State calls charges 'groundless'

By Reuters, GFM Network News June 23, 2020

Washington/Ottawa | Reuters — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on Monday for the immediate release of two Canadians charged by China with espionage, saying the United States was “extremely concerned” and that the two men’s detention was unjustified. “These charges are politically motivated and completely groundless,” Pompeo said in a statement. Chinese prosecutors […] Read more

Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou leaves her family home in Vancouver in this May 8, 2019 file photo. (Photo: Reuters/Lindsey Wasson)

General, Reuters

U.S.-China deal should secure Canadians’ release, Trudeau says

By Kelsey Johnson December 19, 2019

Ottawa | Reuters — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday that the U.S. government should not finalize a trade deal with China unless the pact also secured the release of two Canadians detained by Beijing. The two men were picked up separately in December 2018, shortly after police in Vancouver held Huawei Technologies […] Read more

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Ambassador to China to leave post after helping free detainees

Xi raised Huawei case in recent call with Biden, White House says

‘Two Michaels’ have left China, Trudeau says

Pompeo urges China to release two detained Canadians

U.S.-China deal should secure Canadians’ release, Trudeau says

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