Caixin
Caixin Global – Latest China News & Headlines

Home >

TRENDING
Chinese Startup X Square Robot Hits 20 Billion Yuan Valuation
UBTech Launches Lifelike Humanoid Robots in Push for Consumer Market
China Mobile Sets Up Token Office to Scale AI Services
LATEST
Chinese Startup X Square Robot Hits 20 Billion Yuan Valuation
Wanda Ordered to Pay Suning 1.75 Billion Yuan Over Failed IPO
Volkswagen Urged to Build China-Developed Cars in Germany to Protect Jobs
China Mobile Sets Up Token Office to Scale AI Services
UBTech Launches Lifelike Humanoid Robots in Push for Consumer Market
Geely-Backed Polestar Forced Out of U.S. by Chinese Auto Tech Ban
DeepSeek Plans Major Hiring Spree After $7.4 Billion Funding Round
Anyverse Dynamics Raises Over $200 Million as China’s Robotics Funding Boom Accelerates
Europe Has a Lot to Learn From China About Electric Trucks, Volvo CTO Says
Embodied AI Startup Kunlunxing Lands Multibillion Yuan Raise
ByteDance Targets July Launch of Upgraded AI Video Model
China’s Starlink Challenger Seeks Up to $2.2 Billion for Satellite Network Push
New Model Propels Zhipu AI’s Market Value to Record HK$1 Trillion
In AI Pitch, Alibaba Chairman Urges Europe to Look Beyond U.S. Tech
Cover Story: China’s AI Boom Is Rewiring Its Power Grid
In Depth: How AI Is Rewiring White-Collar Work in China
Chipmaker YMTC Cedes Control of Foundry Unit Ahead of Mega IPO
Chinese Startup Manifold AI Raises Fresh Funding as Investors Bet on ‘World Models’
Crealights Takes Step Closer to Hong Kong IPO as Data Center Boom Fuels Growth Prospects
Tencent Lets AI Agent Make Purchases Through WeChat Pay

By Tanner Brown / Dec 17, 2018 09:40 AM / Politics & Law

Michael Spavor. Photo from Spavor's Twitter account.

Michael Spavor. Photo from Spavor's Twitter account.

The Canadian government has been granted access to Michael Spavor, the second Canadian citizen detained in China last week.

Canada's ambassador to China, John McCallum, met with Spavor on Sunday, according to Canada’s diplomacy department, Global Affairs Canada.

Savor and a second Canadian, Michael Kovrig, were separately arrested last week by Chinese authorities, both for allegedly “endangering China’s national security,” Beijing said.

Their detainments are seen as possible retaliation for Canada’s arrest of Chinese telecom executive Meng Wanzhou. The Huawei CFO and daughter of the company’s founder was detained on Dec. 1 while changing planes in Vancouver. She has been granted bail and faces possible extradition to the U.S., which charges that she facilitated financial transactions in violation of American sanctions against Iran.

Canada announced Friday that it was granted consular access to Kovrig.

Read more: In-Depth: The Shockwaves of Meng Wanzhou’s Arrest

Share this article
Open WeChat and scan the QR code