Canada risks being outplayed in feud over citizens jailed in China
Ottawa’s refusal to swap Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou for detainees Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor means it faces some hard choices
For more than 560 days, comforted only by a small collection of books and meals of boiled rice in Chinese jail cells, two Canadians have become the centre of a prolonged feud that has pitted the two countries – exercising starkly different concepts of justice – against each other. With the crisis deepening, former diplomats, activists and family members have questioned Canada’s tactics in trying to free the two men, which they say have produced little success – and come at a high cost.
On Friday, China formally charged Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor with espionage, a move quickly condemned by a number of countries, including the United States. The two men have faced sustained interrogation, isolation and little access to consular assistance.
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