Canada reaches settlement with Michael Spavor over detention in China

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Canada’s federal government has reached a million-dollar compensation settlement with Michael Spavor, a businessman who was held by China for nearly three years amid a broader diplomatic feud between the two countries. Spavor and Michael Kovrig, who became known as “the two Michaels”, were detained by Beijing in December 2018 in apparent retaliation for the arrest in Vancouver of senior Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou on a US warrant. All three were later released. In November Spavor was reported to have threatened to sue both Canada and Kovrig, alleging that he had “unwittingly” provided intelligence on North Korea to Kovrig, who...