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Canada’s diplomatic reset with China is under scrutiny, as former detainee Michael Kovrig joins Miranda Anthistle to assess Mark Carney’s landmark visit to Beijing. Kovrig reflects on his own detention, the risks and opportunities surrounding renewed engagement, and what real progress might look like.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will arrive in Beijing Wednesday to relieve relations with China that were strained for more than six years under his predecessor, Justin Trudeau. Cooperation between the two countries has been overshadowed by the detention of Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig, the Meng Wanzhou affair and the disputes over foreign interference.

Canada’s spy chief warned this week that China remains a significant national security threat to Canada. This comes as Prime Minister Mark Carney looks to boost trade with Beijing. Jeff Semple sat down with International Crisis Group adviser Michael Kovrig to ask for his take on Canada’s efforts to renew relations with China.

Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig are marking 1,000 days of detainment in China. Their arrest is largely seen as retaliation to Canada’s arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou. As Jeff Semple reports, many people believe a resolution to the Meng case is the only way to bring home the two Michaels.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters on Sunday that the government “will not rest” until Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig are back in Canada, after they were detained in China in December 2018. Sunday marked 1,000 days of their detention.

Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole was asked about sanctions on China, as Sunday marked 1,000 days of detention for Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig. O’Toole said that sanctions would “be meant to highlight the fact that the ‘two Michaels’ are in prison as diplomatic pawns.”

After being detained for 1020 days in Chinese prison, Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig are reuniting with their loved ones back home. The timing directly contradicts Beijing’s claims that their detention wasn’t a case of hostage diplomacy, since they were released right after Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou. She struck a plea deal, ending her...

The release of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou and the return of Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig has ended a tense chapter in Canada-China relations. But, is it enough to repair the deeply damaged relationship between the two? Eric Sorensen looks at the geopolitical implications and the uncertainty that lies ahead.

‘The West Block’ host Mercedes Stephenson is joined by Michael Kovrig and his family, just hours after he set foot on Canadian soil after 1,020 days in a Chinese prison. Plus, Stephenson speaks with Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau on the release of the two Michaels and how Canada proceeds in relations with China. Also,...

Dominic Barton, Canada’s ambassador to China, is the first witness who testified at a new, special House of Commons committee on Canada-China relations. Mercedes Stephenson reports on what Barton said about Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, the two Canadians who have been detained in China for more than a year.

Asked if they would consider Magnitsky sanctions on China as Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig reach two years detained in China, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the government would examine all options in an effort to work toward their immediate release, but did not commit to imposing said sanctions.

A plea deal may be in the works for Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou, two years after she was arrested in Vancouver at the request of the U.S. Abigail Bimman explains what Meng would have to agree to in this reported deal, and what it could mean for Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, the two Canadian...

Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig are about to mark their third Christmas behind bars in China. Now, Kevin and Julia Garratt, a B.C. couple who knows what Spavor and Kovrig are enduring, say a small act of kindness from Canadians can make a big difference for the two Michaels. Abigail Bimman explains.

Singer/Songwriter Patricia Burnett discusses why she felt compelled to write a song about Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, two Canadian men who have been in prison in China for more than 2 years.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has tapped Bob Rae as Canada’s new ambassador to the United Nations. Speaking to reporters on Monday, Rae was asked if he supports releasing Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou, as many have called for, in an attempt to secure in exchange the release of Canadians Michael Spavor and MIchael Kovrig in China?

Ontario MP Han Dong is leaving the Liberal caucus. His announcement to sit as an Independent MP came hours after Global News reported that Dong privately advised a senior Chinese diplomat that Beijing should hold off freeing Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor. Sam Cooper joins Antony Robart to discuss his reporting.

Ontario MP Han Dong has resigned from the Liberal caucus and will sit as an Independent member of Parliament. His decision came hours after Global News reported that Dong advised a Chinese diplomat in 2021 to delay the release of Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Korvig from a Chinese jail, according to two seperate national...

China’s Foreign Ministry slammed Canada and the U.S. over its attempts to intervene into the case against Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor calling it a “double standard” accusing the countries of trying to interfere with its judicial independence.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has gone on record to connect Canada’s 2018 arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou with China’s detainment of Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig. Mercedes Stephenson explains.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday commented on the continued detention of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, who have been arbitrarily detained by Beijing for more than two years, saying China’s approach is “harming its own interests,” but that Canada “will continue to pursue every avenue to bring the two Michaels home as soon as...