Economics
China's Ire Finally Flares as U.S. Opens Huawei CFO Case
- China threatens grave consequences for Canada for arrest
- No bail decision yet; Meng’s lawyer says she didn’t break laws
Pedestrians walk past the Supreme Court in Vancouver on Dec. 7.
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China has threatened Canada with grave consequences if a top executive at Huawei Technologies Co. is not immediately released, calling her arrest as she changed planes in Canada “unreasonable, unconscionable and vile in nature.”
In its first move since Meng Wanzhou was arrested Dec. 1, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng summoned Canadian ambassador to China John McCallum to urge the immediate release of Huawei’s chief financial officer, the foreign affairs ministry said in a statement Saturday.