Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said China’s detention of two Canadians was “unacceptable” and for “political gains”. Trudeau’s remarks on June 22, 2020, followed Beijing’s decision to prosecute former Canadian diplomat Michael John Kovrig and businessman Michael Spavor. The move is widely seen as China’s retaliation for Canada’s detention of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. The Canadians were detained in December 2018, soon after Canada arrested Meng, who now faces extradition to the US…
