Huawei executive's arrest provokes anti-US protests in China

http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/12/13/chin-d13.html
Date Written:  2018-12-13
Publisher:  World Socialist Web Site
Year Published:  2018
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX23159

The arrest of a Huawei executive in Canada has led to a wave of anger in China, in a move perceived to undermine China's increasingly dominant position in advanced technology. On Chinese social media comments denounce the arrest and call for the executive's immediate release as well as a boycott of Canadian brands.

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The political character of Meng's arrest was underscored by US President Donald Trump's comments to Reuters, which made clear her fate was a bargaining chip in US-China trade relations. Trump declared he would "certainly intervene" in the case if he thought it was "good for what will be certainly the largest trade deal ever made" or "good for national security."

Trump's remarks undermine claims by the Canadian government that Meng's detention was purely a legal-administrative matter and was not political or the result of pressure from Washington. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was at pains to maintain the deceit, declaring: "Regardless of what goes on other countries, Canada is - and will always remain - a country of the rule of law."