Analysis After Canada arrested Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou on a U.S. extradition request on Dec. 1, 2018, Beijing warned Canada of “serious consequences” if she wasn’t freed. It carried through with its threat a few days later, when it detained Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor. After that, the regime blocked Canadian agricultural imports to China. Ottawa has adopted stronger language of late over the arrest of the two Canadians, in contrast to its earlier, noticeably softer tone, which typically praised China for the economic benefit it presents before calling out the regime’s hostilities. But apart from this change in Ottawa’s tone, Beijing has not been made to pay a price for what some have termed its “hostage diplomacy.” With Kovrig and Spavor having just been subjected to closed-door trials in China with no consular representation, here’s a look at some of the means Canada has used in the past …