#Federal election 2021: What the winner of this election must do about China, Meng and the two Michaels

#Federal election 2021: What the winner of this election must do about China, Meng and the two Michaels

“#Federal election 2021: What the winner of this election must do about China, Meng and the two Michaels” One thousand days. That’s how much time has passed since Xi Jinping’s Ministry of State Security kidnapped Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor in a hostage-diplomacy bid to force Canada’s release of the jet-setting Vancouver socialite, Huawei…

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#At Michael Kovrig’s trial, the world had Canada’s back

#At Michael Kovrig’s trial, the world had Canada’s back

“#At Michael Kovrig’s trial, the world had Canada’s back” Outside the courthouse in Beijing, a phalanx of foreign diplomats took a silent stand for the Canadian who faces almost certain conviction On March 22, a small army of diplomats stood in protest outside the courthouse in Beijing, China, where Michael Kovrig—one of the “two Michaels”—was…

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#What it’s like to be on trial in China

#What it’s like to be on trial in China

“#What it’s like to be on trial in China” Kevin Garratt and his wife, Julia, spent about 30 years living, teaching and doing Christian aid work in China before—to their utter shock—they were arrested in 2014 on accusations of espionage. Charges against Julia were dropped after she’d been in detention for six months. But Kevin…

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