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>>They also worry that executives could be detained and used as a bargaining chip in U.S.-China negotiations

Since when has this ever happened? In China, yes. In the US, never!

How foolish of them. China can only look in the mirror with this.




Really not sure if you're joking or not, but Meng Wanzhou (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meng_Wanzhou) was a major turning point for China-US and China-Canada relations.

She was detained in Vancouver on the request of the US DoJ and held in house arrest for three years - after which they dropped all the charges and let her go back to China. She was absolutely used as a bargaining chip by the US government.


>>...under the indictment of bank and wire fraud regarding financial transactions in violation of U.S. sanctions against Iran by Skycom, which had functioned as Huawei's Iran-based subsidiary. On 24 September 2021, the DOJ announced it had reached a plea bargain with Meng to resolve the case through a deferred prosecution agreement...

iow, she committed a crime and was released after agreeing to a plea bargan. They did NOT drop the charges. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meng_Wanzhou


The charges were dismissed. Her “plea bargain” had her deny all the key charges and simply admit to one false statement - which did not amount to any criminal wrongdoing.

> The Department of Justice said it would move to dismiss all the charges against Meng when the deferral period ends on 21 December 2022…

> On 1 December 2022, the prosecution asked a judge to dismiss bank fraud and other charges against her,[58] and the judge dismissed the charges.[17]


What a vicious women, thanks to wikipedia, we know the truth




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