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    Default Huawei CFO, Meng Wanzhou, detained in Canada on U.S. extradition charges

    BEIJING — China demanded the release of a senior executive at tech giant Huawei Technologies after she was detained in Canada on extradition charges to the U.S.

    The arrest of Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer and daughter of the company's founder Ren Zhengfei, spooked investors with U.S. stocks tumbling on fears of a flare-up in Chinese-U.S. tensions

    She was arrested in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Dec. 1.

    China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said officials have been contacted both in the U.S. and Canada to demand Meng's release. Geng Shuang, a spokesman for the ministry, said her detention needed to be explained, and both countries had to "effectively protect the legitimate rights and interests of the person concerned."

    The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this year that U.S. authorities are investigating whether Huawei violated sanctions on Iran.

    Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., a member of the Senate banking committee and a subcommittee on national security and international trade and finance, praised Canada for detaining Meng while accusing Huawei of "breaking U.S. sanctions against Iran."

    “China is working creatively to undermine our national security interests, and the United States and our allies can’t sit on the sidelines,” he said in a statement Wednesday.

    When asked about the Iran reports, a spokesperson for privately held Huawei told NBC News in a statement that it "complies with all applicable laws and regulations where it operates, including applicable export control and sanction laws and regulations."

    Meng's detention came after President Donald Trump met with Chinese President Xi Jinping over the weekend and agreed to hold fire on the trade war between the two countries. On Wednesday, China's Commerce Ministry said the talks had been "very successful," but the statement was vague on a 90-day deadline for negotiations touted by Washington.

    There were mounting fears the arrest will have repercussions for other business travelers. James Andrew Lewis, director of the technology policy program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, compared Meng's profile to Bill Gates' daughter and said China could retaliate.

    "If I was a tech executive I would not go to China right now," he said.

    The head of Canada's Centre for Cyber Security, Scott Jones, also addressed the risk of Chinese retaliation at a press conference Thursday saying, "we always have to be resilient no matter what the possible trigger could be."

    Earlier Thursday, the Chinese Embassy in Canada released a statement saying Meng was not in violation of Canadian or American law. China "firmly opposes and strongly protests" Meng's detention, the embassy said, calling the arrest a "wrongdoing" that "harmed the human rights of the victim."

    A spokesman for Canada's Justice Department said Meng faced possible extradition to the United States. Ian McLeod said a publication ban, requested by Meng, had been imposed in the case and he could not provide further details.

    Huawei, the biggest global supplier of network gear used by phone and internet companies, said in a statement that the company has "very little information regarding the charges" against Meng, who was changing flights in Vancouver when she was detained.

    Huawei, which recently passed Apple as the second-biggest maker of cellphones after Samsung Electronics, has been the target of deepening U.S. security concerns. Under Trump and his predecessor, Barack Obama, Washington has pressured European countries and other allies to limit use of its technology.

    The U.S. sees Huawei and smaller Chinese tech suppliers as possible fronts for Chinese spying and as commercial competitors. The Trump administration says they benefit from improper subsidies and market barriers.


    Trump's tariff hikes this year on Chinese imports stemmed from complaints Beijing steals or pressures foreign companies to hand over technology. But American officials also worry more broadly about Chinese plans for state-led industry development they believe may erode U.S. industrial leadership.

    U.S. leaders are also concerned that Beijing is using the growth of Chinese business abroad to gain strategic leverage.
    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/c...canada-n944666

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    Maybe Canada will let China come in and Chop him Up?
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    This should help Trade Talks with China.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bourbon View Post
    Maybe Canada will let China come in and Chop him Up?
    Him is a her!!


    The arrest of Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer and daughter of the company's founder Ren Zhengfei, spooked investors with U.S. stocks tumbling on fears of a flare-up in Chinese-U.S. tensions

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    crawl on my TV said the investigation into some holding company used for violating Iran sanctions started in 2016.
    I wish I could be more accurate. I just saw the crawl

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    Whether it's a real violation or some fabricated charge, China looks at it as a 'kidnapping'. I wouldn't be surprised if China grabbed some high profile American and claimed he was 'spying' or something.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jack View Post
    Whether it's a real violation or some fabricated charge, China looks at it as a 'kidnapping'. I wouldn't be surprised if China grabbed some high profile American and claimed he was 'spying' or something.
    American executives are being warned not to travel to China now

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    Quote Originally Posted by noise View Post
    American executives are being warned not to travel to China now
    Yeah. If you are already there ... do you bolt for the Airport, or try to remain calm?

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    It'll be interesting to see how much of a stink China wants to raise over this.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Guille View Post
    It'll be interesting to see how much of a stink China wants to raise over this.
    big stink.

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    China seen as trying to keep Huawei issue from derailing trade talks with U.S.
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/world...=.a633c4e3cdb9

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