US Senators Slam Beijing’s ‘Hostage Diplomacy’ as Huawei CFO Gets Hero’s Welcome in China

US Senators Slam Beijing’s ‘Hostage Diplomacy’ as Huawei CFO Gets Hero’s Welcome in China
This screen grab made from video by Chinese state broadcaster CCTV shows Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou receiving flowers after she arrived in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China, released on Sept. 25, 2021. -/CCTV/AFP via Getty Images
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Republican senators have decried the Chinese regime’s success in its bid at “hostage diplomacy” after the release of Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou on Sept. 24.

Meng, who had been detained at her Vancouver, British Columbia, home since late 2018 while fighting extradition to the United States, struck a deal with U.S. prosecutors on Sept. 24 that allowed her to return to China. That night, the Chinese regime freed two Canadians who had been held captive in the country for almost three years.