Canadian pair released from China following US deal with Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou

Two Canadians detained in China on spying charges have been released from prison and flown out of the country hours after a top executive, Meng Wanzhou, picture, of Chinese communications giant Huawei Technologies resolved criminal charges against her in a deal with the US (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press/AP)

Two Canadians detained in China on spying charges have been released from prison and flown out of the country hours after a top executive of Chinese communications giant Huawei Technologies resolved criminal charges against her in a deal with the US.

Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor were arrested in China in December 2018, shortly after Canada arrested Meng Wanzhou, Huawei’s chief financial officer and the daughter of the company’s founder, on a US extradition request. Many countries labeled China’s action “hostage politics.”