OTTAWA—China 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 “further response” if the U.S. doesn’t “correct its mistakes.”On Tuesday, Chinese government spokesperson Hua Chunying told reporters in Beijing that the U.S. should “immediately correct its mistake, withdraw its arrest order for Ms. Meng Wanzhou and refrain from making a formal extradition request to the Canadian side.” 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: “This case is a serious mistake and we urge the U.S. to immediately correct its mistake.”“What 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.”To 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 ‘weaponization’ 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. “Be it Canada or the U.S., they need to grasp t ...
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