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2018-12-06 China-Japan-Koreas
Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou’s arrest may prompt China to retaliate, 'take hostages,' expert says
[FoxNews] China could 'take hostages' and is almost certain to retaliate against the United States, experts say, after the stunning arrest of a top Chinese tech executive for allegedly trying to skirt sanctions on Iran.

Huawei Technologies' chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou was arrested Saturday in Canada and faces extradition to the U.S. Meng was taken into custody on behalf of the U.S. while she was transferring flights in Vancouver, the tech company said.

Chinese officials on Thursday blasted Meng's arrest — but experts warn more forceful actions, including the possibility of tit-for-tat detentions of high-profile citizens, could be coming.

James Lewis, the director of technology policy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, told Axios the U.S. should be prepared for a backlash and warned American tech executives to steer clear of China for now.

"If I was an American tech executive, I wouldn't travel to China this week," warned Lewis, who labeled Huawei "one of the Chinese government's pet companies" and charged the communist country's leaders wouldn't be afraid to "take hostages."

Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang on Thursday called Meng’s arrest a violation of human rights and demanded the “immediate release” of the 46-year-old executive, who also goes by the name Sabrina.

“Detaining a person without providing an explanation has undoubtedly violated her human rights,” Geng said, adding the Chinese government “has made clear our solemn positions to the U.S. and Canada.”

Geng said the U.S. and Canada haven’t provided reasons for Meng's detention. But the Wall Street Journal reported in April that U.S. authorities were investigating whether Huawei violated sanctions on Iran, leading the Chinese government to appeal to Washington to avoid any steps that might have damaged business confidence.

Meng is the deputy chairman of the company’s board and the daughter of its founder, Ren Zhengfei, a former Chinese military engineer. Her stature in Chinese culture has been compared to American tech giants such as Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg.

HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CFO ARRESTED IN CANADA, ACCUSED OF VIOLATING IRAN SANCTIONS

An editorial in the pro-government Global Times accused the U.S. of “maliciously finding fault” with Huawei.

“Washington is attempting to damage Huawei's international reputation and taking aim at the tech giant's global market in the name of law,” the editorial stated. “The Chinese government should seriously mull over the U.S. tendency to abuse legal procedures to suppress China's high-tech enterprises. It should increase interaction with the U.S. and exert pressure when necessary. China has been exercising restraint, but the U.S. cannot act recklessly. U.S. President Donald Trump should rein in the hostile activities of some Americans who may imperil Sino-U.S. relations.”
Posted by 3dc 2018-12-06 13:10|| || Front Page|| [11138 views ]  Top
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#1  U.S. President Donald Trump should rein in the hostile activities of some Americans who may imperil Sino-U.S. relations

Otherwise, every American will get a bad score in the Chicom Social Credit database. No hot & sour soup for you!
Posted by SteveS 2018-12-06 14:56||   2018-12-06 14:56|| Front Page Top

#2 Yeah, they're going to take hostages too. They already do that, in fact. Many Western business executives have been kidnapped and their companies forced to pay ransom. One such case was a scrap metal dealer. During the transit of the metal, the price tanked and the Chinese company couldn't pay. So they took the man hostage. He escaped from the hotel he was being held in and hailed a taxi to Shanghai airport. The police TRACKED HIM TO THE AIRPORT, arrested him, and brought him back. So this kind of thing is small potatoes for them.
Posted by Herb McCoy 2018-12-06 14:59||   2018-12-06 14:59|| Front Page Top

#3 Take the CEO of Facebook, Google, and Twitter. Please.
Posted by Procopius2k 2018-12-06 15:33||   2018-12-06 15:33|| Front Page Top

#4 Send George Soros to Beijing immediately.
Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2018-12-06 15:59||   2018-12-06 15:59|| Front Page Top

#5 While they're at it, also send Hillary and Obama to Beijing.
Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2018-12-06 16:00||   2018-12-06 16:00|| Front Page Top

#6 Might have something to do with this;

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46352336

Chinese officials have defended their decision to bar three US citizens from leaving the country, saying they are suspected of "economic crimes". Victor and Cynthia Liu, children of a fugitive businessman, and their mother, Sandra Han, have been detained since June, the New York Times reported. The US Department of State confirmed to the BBC that they are in "close contact" with the adult Liu children. Their father, Liu Changming, is wanted in a $1.4bn (£1bn) fraud case in China.

FYI - Victor, 19, was born in the U.S. The ChiComms are holding a US citizen hostage and then wonder why we grabbed Meng??
Posted by Bangkok Billy 2018-12-06 16:55||   2018-12-06 16:55|| Front Page Top

#7 An aspect of the trade war that you don't see much commentary on - Trump is very effectively highlighting who the Chinese are and how they do business.
Posted by Iblis 2018-12-06 16:57||   2018-12-06 16:57|| Front Page Top

#8 Ethnic Chinese are always Chinese, no matter where they're born.
Posted by Herb McCoy 2018-12-06 17:00||   2018-12-06 17:00|| Front Page Top

#9 Re #6:
Fascinating bit a background info, Billy. Thanks.
Posted by SteveS 2018-12-06 17:13||   2018-12-06 17:13|| Front Page Top

#10 Dr. Herb, many of the ones born in China have been, thanks to Mao and successors preaching the Gospel of Marx for the past seventy years, modern secular Germans with darker skin and epicanthic folds. Oh, and an ideographic script distantly descended from hanzi.
Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2018-12-06 17:13||   2018-12-06 17:13|| Front Page Top

#11 Good ahead and then we'll raise tarrifs even more, hold Xi and the entire chicom party personally responsible and then ban all kinds of exports like steel, shoes, etc.
and soon we'll see no more hostages
Posted by Solomon Ulavish4305 2018-12-06 20:41||   2018-12-06 20:41|| Front Page Top

#12 While they're at it, also send Hillary and Obama to Beijing.


they probably both have very nice homes there already
Posted by 746 2018-12-06 21:02||   2018-12-06 21:02|| Front Page Top

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