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China’s ambassador: why the double standard on justice for Canadians, Chinese?
By Chinese Ambassador Lu Shaye January 9, 2019
It seems that, to some people, only Canadian citizens should be treated in a humanitarian manner and their freedom deemed valuable, while Chinese people do not deserve that.
Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou, pictured at a 2014 investment forum in Russia, was arrested at the Vancouver International Airport last month and is awaiting potential extradition to the United States. Photograph courtesy of the Kremlin
Recently, China’s competent authorities took compulsory measures in accordance with the law against two Canadian nationals who are suspected of engaging in activities that endanger China’s national security. Some Canadians and some in the Canadian news media, in disregard of China’s judicial sovereignty, accused China of arbitrary detention and demanded their immediate release.
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