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Re:Canada has arrested Huawei’s global chief financial offic... by farseer on Thursday December 06, 2018 @02:49AM (#18616187)
They arrested the founder's daughter! I think it would be a good idea for American execs in China to take a long vacation home until this cools down. No one wants to become collateral damage between a great power rivalry.
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Re:Canada has arrested Huawei’s global chief financial offic... by nappy on Thursday December 06, 2018 @04:29AM (#18616544)
Meng Wanzhou is a the CFO of Huawei[0]

[0] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-huawei/huawei-f...

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Re:Canada has arrested Huawei’s global chief financial offic... by TuringNYC on Thursday December 06, 2018 @08:57AM (#18618047)
Not to make light of the subject, but reminds me of the movie "Sicario: Day of the Soldado" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicario:_Day_of_the_Soldado) where an agent provocateur recommends to the US Government: "You want to start a war? the fastest way is to kidnap a prince"
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Re:Canada has arrested Huawei’s global chief financial offic... by rangibaby on Thursday December 06, 2018 @06:21AM (#18617067)
She’s both
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Re:Canada has arrested Huawei’s global chief financial offic... by tooltalk on Thursday December 06, 2018 @06:45AM (#18617174)
Ughg, what the previous poster is insinuating is that she wasn't arrested because she's the daughter of Huawei CEO, but because of her role as CFO of the company violating US sanction.
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Re:Canada has arrested Huawei’s global chief financial offic... by projectramo on Thursday December 06, 2018 @09:15AM (#18618169)
I would be very curious to know if there were other high level executives (C-suite) who were not arrested when they entered a country (not just Canada) with whom the US has an extradition treaty.

That would resolve the question of whether she was arrested solely because of her role as CFO, or if it was also an attempt to send a personal message.

I assume that is what is being discussed.

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Re:Canada has arrested Huawei’s global chief financial offic... by delinka on Thursday December 06, 2018 @06:45AM (#18617175)
You make it sound as if she’s not a company executive and this is some political maneuver, arresting a family member rather than a company employee.
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Re:Canada has arrested Huawei’s global chief financial offic... by tonyedgecombe on Thursday December 06, 2018 @04:40AM (#18616602)
Or Chinese execs in America.
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