China Releases Two U.S. Citizens Blocked From Leaving Since 2018

China has let go two Americans who have been banned from leaving the country since 2018 and allowed them to return to the U.S. following a Justice Department deal with a Chinese technology-company executive, according to people familiar with the situation. The exit from China of Victor Liu and Cynthia Liu over the weekend coincided with the U.S. deal last week that freed Huawei Technologies Co. Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou and the almost simultaneous departure from China of Canadian prisoners. To Read the Full Story China Politics

WSJ News Exclusive | China Releases Two U.S. Citizens Blocked From Leaving Since 2018

China has let go two Americans who have been banned from leaving the country since 2018 and allowed them to return to the U.S. following a Justice Department deal with a Chinese technology-company executive, according to people familiar with the situation. The exit from China of Victor Liu and Cynthia Liu over the weekend coincided with the U.S. deal last week that freed Huawei Technologies Co. Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou and the almost simultaneous departure from China of Canadian prisoners. A State Department official confirmed that the Massachusetts siblings,…

Meng and the Michaels: why China’s embrace of hostage diplomacy is a warning to other nations

The release of two Canadian hostages by China has ended a lengthy feud between the two countries, but experts caution the saga foreshadows a deepening rift between the two nations. After facing charges of espionage and spending more than 1,000 days in detention, Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor were set free by Chinese authorities late last week. Accompanied by Canada’s ambassador to China, the pair arrived home early on Saturday morning. The two had been detained after Canada’s arrest of the Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, who also arrived home after…

Republicans Say Kerry Is Lobbying Against Slave Labor Bill

X Story Stream recent articles President Biden, with the full support of the Democratic Party,  has committed this country to defending human rights around the world and addressing climate change. Although these are not competing goals, they are not necessarily reinforcing. Last week, John Kerry announced plans to visit China to continue carbon emissions negotiations, a task fitting the Biden administration’s designated envoy on climate change. But some Republican lawmakers are demanding to know if Kerry has been quietly lobbying against anti-slave labor legislation in Washington to secure diplomatic breathing…