Two Canadians’ cases are completely different in essence from Huawei’s Meng incident - Spokesperson

CNN: China stressed many times that the cases of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor are completely different in essence from the Meng Wanzhou incident. On the same day when Meng Wanzhou regained freedom, Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor were allowed to return to Canada. Does China think the timing is purely coincidental? Some foreign individuals believe that the timing of the two Canadian citizens’ release proves that China conducts “hostage diplomacy“ and “coercive diplomacy“. How do you respond to that? Some Chinese scholars say the arrest of the two Canadians, following Meng Wanzhou’s arrest, is a common practice in major-power games, and is China’s response to the US and its allies in a way that they can understand. How do you respond to that? Hua Chunying: I noticed you said the cases of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor are completely different in essence from the Meng Wanzhou incident. This is totally right. The Meng Wanzhou incident is completely different in ess