To Get Meng Wanzhou Back, China Uses a Hardball Tactic: Seizing Foreigners


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To Get Meng Wanzhou Back, China Uses a Hardball Tactic: Seizing Foreigners In a swift climax to a 1,030-day standoff, China has welcomed a company executive whose arrest in Canada and possible extradition to the United States has made him the epicenter of superpower friction. In getting him back, Beijing brandishes a formidable political tool: using detained foreign nationals as bargaining chips in disputes with other countries. The executive, Meng Wanzhou, landed in China Saturday night local time to a public that widely views her as a victim of arrogant American excesses. At the same juncture, Michael Spavor and Michael...