Tag: Meng Wanzhou

• Wednesday, May 8th 2019 - 09:14 UTC

  Extradition hearings for Huawei's owner daughter complicates US/China/Canada dealings

  

  Huawei Technologies' chief financial officer is set to return to a Vancouver courtroom this Wednesday ahead of planned extradition hearings as deteriorating relations with China over her arrest exact a growing toll on Canada.

• Wednesday, February 20th 2019 - 09:06 UTC

  Huawei founder: “there's no way the US can crush us: we are more advanced”

  

  Huawei Technologies founder Ren Zhengfei said “there’s no way the US can crush us”, according to an interview he gave to BBC. “The world cannot leave us because we are more advanced. Even if they persuade more countries not to use us temporarily, we can always scale things down a bit,” he said.

• Tuesday, January 29th 2019 - 09:25 UTC

  Rough times ahead: US Justice files several criminal charges against Huawei and the owner's daughter

  

  The United States Justice Department has filed a host of criminal charges against Chinese telecoms giant Huawei and its chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou. The charges against the world's second largest smart-phone maker include accusations of bank fraud, obstruction of justice and theft of technology.

• Thursday, December 13th 2018 - 09:15 UTC

  Huawei dispute: China arrests second Canadian on suspicion of harming state security

  

  Canadian businessman Michael Spavor, who worked with North Korea, is being investigated on suspicion of harming China’s state security, officials said, days after a former Canadian diplomat was detained in China in an escalating diplomatic row.

• Wednesday, December 12th 2018 - 07:19 UTC

  Huawei conflict: Trump intervenes; Ms Meng granted bail in Canadian court

  

  Donald Trump says he could intervene in the case of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou if it helps to avoid a further decline in US relations with China. “Whatever's good for this country, I would do,” the US president said.

• Saturday, December 8th 2018 - 09:28 UTC

  Huawei's Meng arrest becoming a major diplomatic conflict

  

  Huawei Technologies Co Ltd’s chief financial officer faces U.S. accusations that she covered up her company’s links to a firm that tried to sell equipment to Iran despite sanctions, a Canadian prosecutor said on Friday, arguing against giving her bail while she awaits extradition.