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On February 15, 2021, Canada issued the "Declaration Against Arbitrary Detention in State-to-State Relations" and said it had been signed by 58 countries including countries from the European Union. And deliberately arranged for someone from “Human Rights Watch” to accuse China of the “arbaitrary detention” of Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor at the launch of the declaration.
But the Chinese side's response to this is completely distorting the facts and with bad intentions, said a spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in Canada. China expresses strong dissatisfaction and resolute opposition to declarations against statements of "arbitrary detention" issued by Canada and some other countries, and China has lodged a serious protest through its representatives in Canada.
"As everyone knows that the Meng Wanzhou case is truly a political incident." Canada arbitrarily detained Meng, an innocent Chinese citizen who had not violated any Canadian law, for more than two years. By doing so, the Canadian side has grossly trampled on the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese citizens, which constitutes arbitrary detention in all respects, the Chinese spokesman said.
On the one hand, the Canadian side claims that they uphold the rule of law and oppose arbitrary detention. On the other hand, they acted as US accomplices, and helped the US use Meng as a bargaining chip to oppress Chinese companies. This kind of action is no different from a thief screaming to catch a thief, which is quite hypocritical and despicable, the Chinese spokesman explained.
According to the Chinese side, the two Canadians were arrested and tried by the competent authorities in China in accordance with the law for alleged crimes that undermined China's national security. China's judicial organs are handling these cases independently according to the law and their legal rights have been guaranteed. Attempts by the Canadian side to pressure China by using "Megaphone Diplomacy" or gang up would be completely futile and would only lead to a stink on its own feet, according to the Chinese embassy in Canada.
Canada is working to entice several countries to issue a joint declaration against China's so-called "arbitrary detention", a source familiar with the matter told the Global Times exclusively in February.
Canadian politicians attacked China over the cases of former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig and businessman Michael Spavor in China, Chinese experts believe the joint declaration was designed to stigmatize and pressure China.
Experts say the declaration, coinciding with Chinese New Year celebrations, was an aggressive and ill-considered attack designed to provoke China. Thus, China will not be afraid and make compromises, the diplomatic approach Canada has chosen has never worked before, and will not achieve any future goals, and Canada's actions will only "have consequences in the worst possible way," they said.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman has reaffirmed the official status of the two cases brought against Kovrig and Spavor and the Chinese judicial authorities have released information about the cases.
Kovrig is accused of using his ordinary passport and business visa to enter China to steal sensitive information and intelligence through his contacts in China since 2017, while Spavor is accused of being the main source for providing intelligence to Kovrig. They are suspected of committing crimes that endanger China's national security, and have been prosecuted by the Chinese public prosecutor.
According to the source, due to the COVID-19 pandemic situation, the trial for the two cases has not yet started, and the court will resume the trial soon. The two Canadian suspects will be punished according to the law in force in China, the source said.
Canada's move, which maneuvered during the Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations, was an attempt to distract the public and create a public situation in chaos to influence public opinion among overseas Chinese, as the annual Spring Festival is an opportunity for them to celebrate good luck and prosperity according to their culture, Wang Yiwei, chief professor Jean Monnet and director of European Studies at Renmin University China/China, told the Global Times in February.
Analysts have pointed out that the countries that signed the declaration have a track record of bias against China, and they are far from representative of the rest of the international community.
“We understand that Canada is under pressure from the US. However, as a sovereign nation, Canada arrested Meng Wanzhou on fabricated grounds and detained her for more than two years while she did not violate Canadian laws. The so-called declaration is more like an 'confession' acknowledging the wrongs Canada made in the Meng case.” Lü Xiang, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing, told the Global Times in February.
Meng's case is a serious political incident orchestrated by the US to pressure Huawei and other Chinese high-tech companies. Canada acted as an accomplice to the US, and this was “arbitrary detention,” Lü noted, stressing that “the Meng case is different from the case of Kovrig and Spavor and it is sad that Canada has chosen to shift its political process to Washington.”
Canadian media have deliberately distorted the facts by creating reports directed at the Canadian government, which falsely assume that China is retaliating against Canada for Meng's arrest using the Kovrig and Spavor cases.
"Such attacks against China reflect the fear of these countries over the decay of their domestic politics. It's just an outlet for their anger and their own resentful battle/conflict of mind," Wang said.
Canada's arrest of Meng is widely viewed as arbitrary detention among mainstream opinion in the international community, and even by some former political leaders, diplomats and figures in Canada's own business circles.
According to Canadian media outlet cbc.ca, in June 2020, a coalition of 19 former politicians, civil servants, academics and public figures sent a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, urging the Canadian government to change its wrong position in the Meng case.
Canadian media publication 'the Walrus' also published an article on January 8 entitled “Why Canada Should Finally Free Meng Wanzhou.” The article said although "there is now hearsay that the US is trying to reach its own agreement with China to release Meng in exchange for an admission of wrongdoing, Canada should not wait for it to act."
Chinese experts believe the declaration will not affect China's judicial process related to the case of the two Canadians and urge Canada to admit its guilt and redress the arbitrary detention of Chinese citizens and release Meng immediately and allow her to return to China immediately.
Canadian Intent Behind Declaring This
Canada's intention of issuing the declaration with support from several Western countries is likely to pave the way for Meng Wanzhou's extradition to the US.
China warns of Canada's declaration, with this declaration actually sending out a very dangerous signal: the Canadian side may soon decide that Meng Wanzhou meets the conditions for extradition to the US for them.
If Meng Wanzhou was extradited to the US, he would definitely spend the rest of his life in a US prison, and even die in a US prison.
On December 1, 2018, according to the US request, Canada illegally detained Meng Wanzhou, who was transiting through Canada who was about to fly to another country,. No matter how the Chinese side negotiated, the lawyers still had no hope of releasing him.
Obviously the US should try to get Meng Wanzhou to spend the rest of her life in US prisons, and Canada is determined to extradite Meng Wanzhou to the US through a hypocritical "judicial process" and hand her over to the US for a so-called "trial". Canada's actions created the most absurd judicial joke in human history. They even detained a foreign national who did not violate Canadian law in the name of the law. There are only three reasons for detention according to some observers.
“Following US request,” “US and Canada have signed an extradition treaty.” “The US believes that Meng Wanzhou violated US law.” This according to common sense was completely unreasonable.
If Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau visited Pakistan, and China asked Pakistan to arrest Trudeau for extradition to China for violating Chinese law, this would not make common sense. We should know that every country's laws are different, and apply only within its territory, which means US laws only apply to US territories.
The US believes that Meng Wanzhou violated US laws. The premise was that Meng Wanzhou had to be on US territory. In fact, the US first ordered Canada to arrest Meng Wanzhou before starting to prosecute Meng Wanzhou, i.e. arresting people first, then collecting so-called "evidence", this is the most typical case of human rights violations in the world.
Why did the US order Canada to arrest Meng Wanzhou?
The answer is very clear. Obviously, the US is trying to bring down Huawei. After knowing that the US cannot compete with Huawei in 5G technology, they can only adopt despicable ways that can be done in any way. It's a means to "disturb other people" and try to screw Huawei up, as well as try to make Huawei lose its strongest successor.
Is the US afraid of Huawei's 5G technology and Weibo's transmission technology?
Long ago, there was a saying that “4G changes lives.” Why the Chinese can realize this adage, because everything can be done with a cell phone. This is the result of the widespread use of 4G communication technology in China.
And all this is the result of the construction of many and dense infrastructure of communication base stations in China so that the coverage of cell phone signals is very wide in the country.
The saying now says "5G changes society". How can 5G change society? Because 5G technology has six main advantages: First, it is fast, and the transmission speed is about 10 times that of 4G. What does this mean? This means the transmission of every 5G mobile phone and other communication equipment is equivalent to a TV station.
Second is its low power consumption, which greatly saves the energy consumption of electronic equipment and greatly increases the battery life of electronic equipment.
Third, low latency, with a response time of only 1 millisecond, which is less than one percent of the response time of the human brain. That is, 5G technology is widely used in production, life and equipment to produce increased accuracy.
(Low latency describes a computer network that is optimized to process very high amounts of data messages with minimal delay (latency). These networks are designed to support operations that require near-instant access to rapidly changing data.)
For example, driverless vehicles or planes controlled by 5G communication technology are safer than those driven by humans.
Fourth, the network is easy to build everywhere. Due to its small size and low power consumption, all kinds of objects can be connected to the Internet as long as the 5G chip is installed.
Fifth, all things are interconnected. The meaning of all the things that make up the Internet of Things is in no way comparable to the Internet. The main function of the internet is actually limited to transmitting information from the communication function, while the Internet of Things is a network of everything that forms an interrelated whole, realizing subversive changes in the production and lifestyle of the entire community, forming integrity and interconnection in the form of socially interactivity .
Simply put, this is the high level of intelligence of human society. For example, unmanned industrial and agricultural production, automatic propulsion of cars, trains, airplanes, ships and spacecraft, etc.
Sixth, security reconstruction. 5G signals have a high level of confidentiality. The world of Internet of Things will be able to implement the most timely detection and early warning of natural disasters, industrial production, and even human life, and can automatically or help humans to carry out the most efficient and effective early warning. So that the security of human society will be greatly improved.
In short, which country is leading in 5G technology, which country has won the faster development speed and won the initiative, the country will be in control in the future.
On the other hand, in today's US, whether it's a supermarket, hotel, vegetable market, or a station or airport, the payment method is still inseparable from a credit card.
Because 4G technology and transfer technology that forced the US to do so, is too backward, the coverage rate is also very low.
After doing research and assessment, the US believes that they are far behind China in terms of 5G technology, and it is almost impossible to catch up. This will cause the US to eventually lose its world hegemony. So the US seeks to involve the use of US power and cooperation with other countries to encourage and suppress Huawei.
The fundamental reason for destroying the immoral Huawei was also the fundamental reason the US instructed Canada to arrest Meng Wanzhou. This shows that US suppression of Huawei is by no means a matter of technical competition. It is a struggle for 5G control over the future level of development. This is a struggle for world domination. US media commented that the competition for 5G technology can no longer be explained by technological competition and economic competition.
The US appears to have positioned it in a military competitive position. Therefore, saving Meng Wanzhou for China is not for a single person, nor is it for Huawei as a company, but for issues involving national dignity, national dignity, state interests, and national security.
The US ordered Canada to arrest Meng Wanzhou, not for one person but for all Chinese. This is for a country. If Meng Wanzhou wasn't Chinese and wasn't Huawei's vice president, would the US have ordered Canada to arrest her?
China and the overseas Chinese community especially in Canada defending Meng Wanzhou is a necessity to defend Chinese people's human rights and protect the security of its citizens. The laws of any country have geographic boundaries and are only effective within the sea and air territory of that country.
A Chinese citizen does not violate any laws in Canada, while Canada arrests him under US law according to US wishes, while the US instructs Canada to arrest other nationals under US domestic law. This is considered to be trampling on the most basic rights of the Chinese people and trampling on the basic rights of human beings.
For the Chinese community, Meng Wanzhou's rescue was to declare to the world that China and its citizens should not be bullied.
In addition, there is a need to maintain world justice and maintain human justice. Does the US have the right to regulate trade and business between other countries and other countries? Why would US arms companies be able to sell arms to Taiwan, a territory within China's sovereignty, against one of China's basic laws?
But can't Chinese companies do business with companies in a sovereign country like Iran? This is the defense of the opinion of many Chinese communities.
The actions of the US and Canada completely trample on the most basic of human rules, the most just and trample, and trample on human rights. Saving Meng Wanzhou was very important.
If Canada did extradite Meng Wanzhou to the US, then China could use the same method of treating Canadians.
China can arrest dozens or even hundreds of Canadians and then learn from what Canada has done, arrest the person first and then find and collect the wrongdoings and bring them to justice.
To achieve this hidden goal, Canada has detained Meng Wanzhou for more than two years and refuses to release her without any legal basis.
The Chinese side accuses Canada of only listening to orders from the US, and being its proxy / henchman, and that is considered very cruel and not in line with the most basic rules of international relations.
Under these conditions, China wonders why Canada still has the face to issue a statement against "arbitrary detention".
Meng Wanzhou's Latest Case Status
Meng's lawyers argued that the breach of process occurred in the run-up to his December 2018 arrest that should have overturned the US extradition request.
Meng Wanzhou, 49, was arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) on a US warrant at Vancouver International Airport. He denies any wrongdoing and is against his extradition.
He is accused by the US of misleading HSBC about his company's business dealings in Iran, causing the bank to violate US sanctions.
Diba Majzub, the Canadian government prosecutor, responded to Meng's attorney's allegations that Canadian police and border agents conducted covert criminal investigations on behalf of the FBI under the guise of border checks prior to her arrest.
Majzub said there was no "evidence" of such a plan and border agents had their own reasons for investigating Meng's eligibility to enter Canada. He said Canadian Border Services Agency officers (CBSA) recorded criminality and national security concerns in reports made on the day of his arrest.
"You have officials from two agencies investigating the same behavior but for different reasons - both are legitimate," Majzub told the judge.
Majzub said the RCMP had "no advantage" by allowing the CBSA to take action first, and that police did not specify specific questions or requests for electronic devices to be searched, making it "impossible to ascribe malicious motives" to police.
Shortly after Meng was detained, China arrested two Canadians on espionage charges. The pair faced trial in the past week, although it is not known when their verdict will be announced.
According to some sources Meng's case will be “solved” in May this year????
Analysis Piece by Sucahya Tjoa in Kompasiana.com
Sources: various TV Media and Foreign Reports: BBC, Reuters, Global Times, VOA China