At about 22:00 on September 25, 2021, Beijing time, the Chinese government chartered plane carrying Ms. Meng Wanzhou landed at Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport.
After 1028 days of unreasonable detention in Canada, Meng Wanzhou finally set foot on the land of the motherland again. For a whole day, Meng Wanzhou’s dynamics affected the hearts of hundreds of millions of people across the country.
Earlier on the 25th, Xinhua News Agency announced that after the unremitting efforts of the Chinese government, Ms. Meng Wanzhou had left Canada on a chartered plane by the Chinese government on September 24, local time, and was about to return to her motherland and reunite with her family.
Before boarding the plane, Meng Wanzhou gave a brief speech. She said, “I want to thank my motherland and the people of the motherland for their support and help. This is the biggest pillar of my journey today!”
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said in response to inquiry on the 25th that China’s position on the Meng Wanzhou incident is consistent and clear. Facts have already fully proved that this is an incident of political persecution against Chinese citizens, with the purpose of suppressing China’s high-tech enterprises. The allegation of Ms. Meng Wanzhou’s so-called “fraud” is purely fabricated. Even HSBC, which the U.S. refers to as the “victim,” has issued documents sufficient to prove Ms. Meng’s innocence. The actions of the United States and Canada are typical arbitrary detentions.
Behind the word “unremitting efforts” is the support given to Meng Wanzhou by the Chinese government and all the Chinese people. The Paper reporter learned from diplomats that the Chinese Ambassador to Canada Cong Peiwu accompanied Meng Wanzhou back to China.
Diao Daming, a researcher at the National Institute of Development and Strategy at Renmin University of China and secretary-general of the American Studies Center, said in an interview with The Paper that the Meng Wanzhou incident was essentially a political persecution by the United States and an unscrupulous and unscrupulous suppression of Chinese high-tech companies by the United States. . Meng Wanzhou’s return to China is a major victory for China in the history of New China’s diplomacy and relations with the United States. This victory belongs to all Chinese people. This case tells us that the destiny of an individual has always been closely linked to the destiny of the country and the nation, and a strong motherland is the strong backing of every Chinese.
1028 days of effort: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs spoke out on the Meng Wanzhou incident more than 60 times
Time went back to three years ago. On December 1, 2018, the Canadian police detained and arrested Meng Wanzhou for unprovoked detention at the request of the U.S. government for mutual legal assistance when he was transiting through Vancouver Airport.
On December 6, 2018, the Canadian government announced relevant news. The then Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang responded at a regular press conference that China had stated its solemn position to the United States and Canada and requested the United States and Canada to immediately clarify the reasons for the detention. , Release the detainees immediately. The Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Canada also expressed firm opposition and strongly protested on the same day, stating that “The Canadian police arrested a Chinese citizen who did not violate any US or Canadian laws at the request of the US. China firmly opposed this serious violation of human rights. And strongly protested. China has made solemn representations to the United States and Canada, demanding that they immediately correct their wrong practices and restore Ms. Meng Wanzhou’s personal freedom.
On December 8, 2018, Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng urgently summoned the then Canadian ambassador to China Mai Jialian, and lodged solemn representations and strong protests over Canada’s detention of Meng Wanzhou. The next day Le Yucheng also urgently summoned Branstad, the then US ambassador to China, to make solemn representations and strong protests against the US request that Canada detain Meng Wanzhou, and urged the US to attach great importance to China’s solemn position.
On December 11, 2018, State Councilor and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi responded to the Meng Wanzhou incident for the first time. Wang Yi stated that China will protect the rights and interests of overseas Chinese citizens and will never sit back and ignore bullying that violates the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese citizens.
In the three years since then, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has spoken out about the Meng Wanzhou incident 60 times. The Chinese Ambassador to Canada and the Consul General in Vancouver have also visited Meng Wanzhou or spoke with him many times.
On the first anniversary of the Meng Wanzhou incident on December 2, 2019, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying stated at a regular press conference that Ms. Meng Wanzhou, as an innocent Chinese citizen who was unreasonably detained, was a young child After experiencing so much pain, disappointment and helplessness, his mother and daughter of elderly parents can still face such a strong and elegant face, which is very admirable! We sincerely wish her a safe return home as soon as possible, and we also hope that everyone can use more justice and warmth to illuminate the beacon for Ms. Meng Wanzhou to go home.
On August 26, 2021, when Meng Wanzhou was unreasonably detained for 1,000 days, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin emphasized that this was an out-and-out political incident. It was essentially a political persecution of Chinese citizens planned by the United States and carried out by Canadian accomplices. It is a deliberate suppression of Chinese companies. The United States and Canada have repeatedly used legal provisions to justify their persecution of Chinese citizens. However, the international community knows that the laws the United States and Canada are talking about are nothing but tools used by the United States to rob, suppress dissidents, and seek personal gain. There is no justice or legitimacy at all.
In addition, there were also Chinese media who initiated a co-signing with netizens on the Internet when Meng Wanzhou was unreasonably detained for 1,000 days, demanding that the Canadian government immediately release Meng Wanzhou, and more than 10 million netizens participated.
Diao Daming said that as a Chinese citizen, Meng Wanzhou’s return to China reflects the Chinese government’s long-standing adherence to the principle of “diplomacy for the people”. We firmly defend the legitimate rights and interests of every Chinese citizen. At the same time, as a corporate executive, Meng Wanzhou’s return to China also represents the Chinese government’s determination to protect the legitimate rights and interests of every overseas Chinese-funded enterprise. At the same time, we should not simply interpret this incident as a US move to ease Sino-US relations, but rather the inevitable result of China’s long-term unremitting efforts, firm stand, and struggle with the US.
Expert: Meng Wanzhou’s return to China objectively brings opportunities
The Meng Wanzhou incident has had a serious negative impact on Sino-US relations and Sino-Canada relations. Diao Daming pointed out that we have seen Canada play an accomplice role in this incident, which has caused serious difficulties in China-Canada relations and caused Canada to pay a heavy price. In light of some recent events, we should also see that the United States is using its allies. Even if the allies suffer losses for their efforts, the United States will still ignore the wishes of the allies and bypass allies and make adjustments out of its own interests. The importance of self-interest in handling relations with allies was also reflected in this incident.
Now that Meng Wanzhou has returned to the embrace of the motherland, what impact will the next step have on China-US and China-Canada relations?
State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said last year when China and Canada established diplomatic relations 50 years ago that the relationship between the two countries has encountered serious difficulties due to the unprovoked detention of Chinese citizens by Canada. To untie the bell, the person who tied the bell must be tied, and the Canadian side must have a correct understanding of this. Greece and Canada take the posture of an independent country and make a decision as soon as possible to remove the main obstacles currently affecting the development of China-Canada relations.
Today, this major obstacle has been removed. Professor Qian Hao, president of the Canadian Studies Association in China and director of the Canada Center of Shanghai International Studies University, analyzed that due to the impact of the Meng Wanzhou incident, China-Canada relations have experienced serious difficulties in the past three years. However, judging from the China-Canada import and export trade index for the three years from January 2018 to December 2020, China-Canada trade volume has not been affected by the deterioration of the political relations between the two countries, and is still relatively stable. This can be the continuation of China-Canada relations in the future. One of the cornerstones of moving forward. However, as far as the sentiments of the two peoples are concerned, they have indeed been negatively affected by related events and the new crown epidemic.
Qian Hao further pointed out that at present, the Trudeau government will adopt a “5C” stance towards China after this general election, namely: competition, confrontation, cooperation, competition and cooperation, and coexistence. Now that Meng Wanzhou is able to return to China, China-Canada relations also need to slowly recover. With the passage of time, the fragility of international political security has risen. It is believed that the governments of China and Canada will adopt a positive way of dialogue, seek common ground while shelving differences, and achieve cooperation.
When talking about Sino-U.S. relations, Diao Daming said that from this incident, we can see that if the United States does not regard China as an imaginary enemy, but uses a rational, pragmatic and honest attitude to resolve differences and conduct dialogue and cooperation with China, the two countries will There are no unsolvable problems. Many things can be developed in a direction that is beneficial to the interests of the two countries and the world. Objectively speaking, when Meng Wanzhou returned to China, this window of opportunity for Sino-US relations existed. But at the same time, we also need to realize that we cannot ignore the consistency of the US’s policies on Chinese high-tech companies. Their strategies of suppressing, selective decoupling, and extreme competition against Chinese high-tech companies will not relax in the slightest.
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