Canadians Detained In China

• Chinese-Canadian billionaire sentenced to 13 years in prison for misusing funds

  Xiao Jianhua, who disappeared from Hong Kong in 2017, was fined 6.5 million yuan ($950,000) and his company was fined 55 billion yuan ($8.1 billion), the court said.

  Canada

  Aug 19, 2022
  
• Canada denied access to trial of Chinese-Canadian billionaire, embassy says

  Xiao Jianhua, who went missing in Hong Kong five years ago, was due to go on trial in China on Monday and Canadian consular officials had been pressing for consular access.

  Canada

  Jul 5, 2022
  
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• The two Michaels are back home from China. Here’s what we know about how that happened

  "We have an independent Justice Department that made independent decisions, law enforcement decisions," said White House press secretary Jen Psaki.

  Canada

  Sep 27, 2021
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• Two Michaels face ‘excruciating’ wait for Chinese verdict, says former detained Canadian

  Kevin Garratt and his wife Julia were detained in China in 2014 in a case with several parallels to the detentions of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor.

  Canada

  Mar 21, 2021
• Canada should have taken stronger action on China as 2 Michaels were detained, experts say

  As two detained Canadians are set to face trial in China, experts say the Canadian government should have taken stronger action from the very beginning.

  Canada

  Mar 18, 2021
• Trudeau, Biden likely to talk Buy American, China in 1st bilateral meeting today

  Experts want Ottawa to push hard for a Canadian exemption from plans to prioritize U.S. businesses for federal infrastructure and procurement.

  Canada

  Feb 23, 2021
• Canada creates coalition with 57 countries to declare arbitrary detentions immoral

  The new declaration is meant to be a broad denunciation to end the coercive practice in other numerous countries, such as Russia, Iran, and North Korea.

  Canada

  Feb 15, 2021
• Canadian Michael Kovrig gets first consular visit of 3rd year in Chinese detention

  Canada's Foreign Ministry said officials led by Ambassador Dominic Barton were given "on-site virtual consular access" to Kovrig on Thursday, but could not give further details.

  Canada

  Jan 23, 2021
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• Family access increased for 2 Michaels detained in China following ‘agreements’

  Two Canadians detained in China have received increased access to family following 'agreements' Canada has obtained, a new government statement said.

  Canada

  Jan 13, 2021
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• Canadian soldiers no longer training Chinese troops, defence minister says

  The federal government is facing criticism after a report that senior civil servants opposed a military plan to stop training Chinese soldiers.

  Politics

  Dec 10, 2020