Closed-door hearing takes place days after trial of another Canadian, with diplomats barred from attending
The trial of a Canadian man detained for more than two years in China on espionage charges has taken place, with relations between Ottawa and Beijing in freefall.
The hearing in the case of Michael Kovrig came days after the closed-door trial of another Canadian man, with both detained in apparent retaliation for Canada’s arrest of the Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou under a US extradition warrant.
Kovrig, a former diplomat, was detained in 2018 and formally charged last June with allegedly spying at the same time as his compatriot, the businessman Michael Spavor.
Our China class will write this off as an unfortunate incident. So long as the money flows from Beijing all is well.
