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Beijing’s New Hostage Diplomacy

Beijing’s New Hostage Diplomacy
Michael Kovrig, an employee with the International Crisis Group and former Canadian diplomat, appears in this photo provided by the International Crisis Group in Brussels, Belgium, Dec. 11, 2018. Crisis Group/Julie David de Lossy/Handout via Reuters
Peter Zhang
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With Beijing’s retaliation for Canada’s arrest of the CFO of China’s technology giant, Huawei, the Chinese regime has escalated its use of hostage diplomacy.

Since Meng Wanzhou was detained in Vancouver for Huawei’s violation of U.S. sanctions against Iran, Beijing has detained three Caucasian Canadians, one of them a former Canadian diplomat, Michael Kovrig.

Peter Zhang
Peter Zhang
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Peter Zhang is a researcher on political economy in China and East Asia. He focuses on China’s trade, diplomacy, and human rights issues and is affiliated with the Global and International Studies at the University of Salamanca. Peter is a graduate of Harvard Kennedy School as a Mason fellow.
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