China Forces Huawei Swap Via Hostage Diplomacy

US, Canada cover deal with a fig leaf

The real hostage in the deal between China and the US that was announced on September 24 freeing Huawei Technologies executive Sabrina Meng Wanzhou was Canada, whose two citizens Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig were arrested by Beijing to get Ottawa to free Meng, whom the Chinese propaganda machine feted as a heroine. Meng stepped off an Air China cha…