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Sanctioned: The Arrest of a Telecom Giant

Sanctioned: The Arrest of a Telecom Giant

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 The arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver in December 2018 placed Canada in the middle of a global trade war. Stephen Quinn narrates a story of international intrigue set against a dramatic battle to dominate the economies of the future.Copyright © CBC 2025 Politics & Government
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  • Episode 9 - American Trap

    Episode 9 - American Trap
    Jan 13 2020
    Meng Wanzhou goes to court to force the Canadian government to produce the documents her lawyers claim she'll need to prove she's the victim of a conspiracy. An old friend turns up in court with words of support. And Meng's father turns tastemaker with his recommendation of a book by a jailed French executive who claims he was also the victim of an 'American Trap.'
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    36 mins
  • Episode 10 - Charm Offensive

    Episode 10 - Charm Offensive
    Jan 20 2020
    Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tells the U.S. government not to close a trade deal without settling the question of Meng Wanzhou and the two Canadians accused of spying in China. The CBC's long-planned interview with Meng's father - Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei - falls apart. And despite volumes of answers given to reporters from around the globe, questions still remain about Huawei's role in 5G technology.
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    41 mins
  • Episode 11: Double Criminality

    Episode 11: Double Criminality
    Sep 27 2020
    With a key decision looming, Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou takes a premature victory photo on the Vancouver courthouse steps. Her fate is tied to a California bigamist who tried to escape the law -- and his other wife - by fleeing to B.C. And tensions between morality, law and politics are examined through an 1860 precedent when Canada was asked to return a freed slave to the United States.
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    43 mins
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