Canada arrested the vice-chair of Chinese tech firm Huawei and the daughter of the CEO of the company. She is expected to be extradited to the U.S. Huawei is the company which attempted to sell embargoed Hewlett-Packard computer equipment to Iran’s largest mobile-phone operator had closer ties to Huawei than was previously known.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/dec/05/meng-wanzhou-huawei-cfo-arrested-vancouver
China demands release of Huawei executive arrested in Canada
China has demanded the immediate release of a senior Huawei telecoms executive whose arrest is threatening to develop into a major diplomatic incident.
Beijing is calling for both Ottawa and Washington to clarify their reasons for the detention of Meng Wanzhou the Chinese company’s global chief financial officer, who was arrested in Vancouver on Saturday and faces extradition to the US. Canada confirmed her detention on Wednesday night.
The Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said on Thursday that Beijing had separately called on the US and Canada to immediately clarify the reasons for the detention and “immediately release the detained person”.
Actual wrongdoer?
High profile hostage for the trade war negotiations? Will there be a prisoner exchange? Release the hostage in exchange for buying American cars?
I'm a little scared for our business people traveling in China or the Middle East right now in case someone attempts retaliation. But they should have known the risks of doing business in that part of the world ... and people who travel here need to be vigilant these days ... I just hope this doesn't erupt into something much uglier.
Huawei – one of the world’s largest telecoms equipment and services providers – has been tightly constrained in the US by worries it could undermine local competitors and that its phones and networking equipment, used widely in other countries, could provide Beijing with avenues for espionage.
On Wednesday, BT, the UK telecoms group, confirmed that it was in the process of removing Huawei equipment from the key parts of its 3G and 4G networks, as part of an existing internal policy not to have the Chinese company at the centre of its infrastructure. The head of MI6 also suggested this week that the UK needed to decide if it was “comfortable” with Chinese ownership of the technology being used.
Governments in New Zealand and Australia have also moved to block the use of Huawei’s equipment in future 5G networks.
Actual wrongdoer?
High profile hostage for the trade war negotiations? Will there be a prisoner exchange? Release the hostage in exchange for buying American cars?
I'm a little scared for our business people traveling in China or the Middle East right now in case someone attempts retaliation. But they should have known the risks of doing business in that part of the world ... and people who travel here need to be vigilant these days ... I just hope this doesn't erupt into something much uglier.
Canada..... what are you doing? Disappointed.....
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Crux of allegation from AG: Between approx 2009 and 2014 #Huawei used an unofficial subsidiary called Skycom to track activity in Iran. Banks in the US then cleared money for Huawei. Unknown to them, they were conducting biz for skycom
https://twitter.com/dee_bosa/status/1071115106950504448
Meng Wanzhou belongs in prison for 20+ years.
A) What U.S. laws were broken? Was she in the U.S. to break those laws in question A?https://twitter.com/dee_bosa/status/1071115106950504448
Meng Wanzhou belongs in prison for 20+ years.
The Iran embargo is a bogus operation. It is Saudi Arabia that should be embargoed. Iran is entrapped in endless Energy intrigues and power plays in the MidEast. About time we stopped meddling.
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A) What U.S. laws were broken? Was she in the U.S. to break those laws in question A?
We lost the moral high-ground to complain when one of our citizens is arrested in a foreign country for political reasons.
A) Establish that she defrauded a bank. It seems to me that the banks themselves were bending over backwards.Bank fraud/scheme to evade U.S sanctions against Iran.
A) Establish that she defrauded a bank. It seems to me that the banks themselves were bending over backwards.
B) Evading U.S. sanctions isn't a crime for a foreigner. Foreign nations and individuals aren't obligated to bow to U.S. edicts.
Bank fraud/scheme to evade U.S sanctions against Iran.
I believe this has been going on since 2013 so I am sure the U.S has plenty of evidence.
It's not a question of evidence, it's a matter of whether there was a crime. U.S. laws aren't the laws of physics, that apply everywhere. The U.S. can only make laws for its own borders and citizens.MTAtech said:A) Establish that she defrauded a bank. It seems to me that the banks themselves were bending over backwards.
B) Evading U.S. sanctions isn't a crime for a foreigner. Foreign nations and individuals aren't obligated to bow to U.S. edicts.I believe this has been going on since 2013 so I am sure the U.S has plenty of evidence.
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