BEIJING—Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said a Chinese court’s sentencing of Canadian businessman Michael Spavor to 11 years in prison for espionage on Wednesday was “absolutely unacceptable” and called for his immediate release. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken also condemned the sentencing in a statement, saying that proceedings against Spavor and another Canadian charged…

A Chinese court on Wednesday sentenced Canadian businessman Michael Spavor of espionage, sentencing him to 11 years in prison, in a case widely seen as part of the Chinese regime’s pressure campaign against Canada over the arrest of Huawei’s chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou. Meng’s lawyer returned to court on Aug. 4 to fight against…

A Chinese court convicted Canadian businessman Michael Spavor of espionage on Wednesday and sentenced him to 11 years in prison, in a case seen in Ottawa and Washington as part of a wider diplomatic spat with Beijing. His sentencing comes as lawyers in Canada representing the chief financial officer of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei make…

A Chinese court on Wednesday convicted Canadian businessman Michael Spavor of espionage, sentencing him to 11 years in prison, in a case widely seen as part of the Chinese regime’s pressure campaign against Canada over the arrest of Huawei’s chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou. A statement from the Dandong’s Intermediate People’s Court in northeastern China’s…

Australian Ambassador to China Graham Fletcher has been denied entry to the closed court trial of Australian writer Yang Hengjun which began in Beijing today. “Unfortunately, we’ve just been denied entry into the court,” Fletcher told reporters outside the Beijing Second Intermediate Court on Thursday. The CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus (novel coronavirus) pandemic was…