OTTAWAâChina is stepping up criticism of the United States over the American demand that Canada extradite Meng Wanzhou, saying the Trump administration should drop its pursuit of fraud allegations against the Huawei executive and warning of a âfurther responseâ if the U.S. doesnât âcorrect its mistakes.âOn Tuesday, Chinese government spokesperson Hua Chunying told reporters in Beijing that the U.S. should âimmediately correct its mistake, withdraw its arrest order for Ms. Meng Wanzhou and refrain from making a formal extradition request to the Canadian side.â Asked whether there would be an impact on high-stakes trade talks now underway between the U.S. and China if the extradition were to proceed, Hua replied: âThis case is a serious mistake and we urge the U.S. to immediately correct its mistake.ââWhat the U.S. has done, with its egregious nature, severely infringes upon the legal and legitimate rights and interests of Chinese citizens. China is firmly opposed to that. We urge the U.S. side to take seriously the solemn position of the Chinese side, take measures to correct its wrongdoings and withdraw its arrest order for the Chinese citizen. China will make further response in view of the actions taken by the U.S.âTo date, China has mainly taken public aim at Canada. Read more:Extradition of Meng Wanzhou is almost certain, U.S. lawyer saysHuawei ties with Canadian universities risk âweaponizationâ of tech patents, say expertsAcademics, former envoys to China press Xi to free two detained CanadiansIn the days after the RCMP arrested Meng on Dec. 1 at Vancouver at the U.S. request, Chinese state security forces arrested two Canadian citizens in China and continues to detain them on unspecified national security allegations.On Tuesday, the foreign ministry spokesperson nevertheless continued to blast Canada for arresting Meng. âBe it Canada or the U.S., they need to grasp t ...
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