Meng Wanzhou, Huawei’s vice chairman and chief financial officer, was released and returned to China in September last year, ending a three-year detention in Canada. Member of the Party Committee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Vice Minister Xie Feng disclosed more details in the series of party class programs “Party Classes Begin” jointly launched by the Organization Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Central Radio and Television Station last Thursday:
Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng. CCTV pictures.
Xie Feng said that in July 2021, he will hold talks with U.S. State Department Deputy Secretary of State Sherman in Tianjin. During the talks, China presented two lists to the U.S., one asking the U.S. to correct its erroneous policies, words and deeds toward China, and the other a list of key cases that China is concerned regarding. Both lists include Meng Wanzhou’s content.
In the list of corrections, China urges the US to unconditionally lift sanctions on Chinese leaders, officials, and government departments, lift visa restrictions on Chinese students, stop suppressing Chinese companies, and withdraw Meng Wanzhou’s extradition. As for the list of key cases, the first is the acquittal of Meng Wanzhou, and the remaining cases include the refusal of visas for Chinese students to go to the United States, and the unfair treatment of Chinese citizens in the United States. China requires the US to resolve the issue as soon as possible and earnestly respect and protect the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese citizens and institutions.
Second, at a critical moment, the Chinese leaders will do the work once more.
Xie Feng revealed that at the critical moment when the Canadian court was regarding to make a judgment on Meng Wanzhou’s case last year, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee and President of the People’s Republic of China, once once more asked US President Biden to properly resolve the incident. In the end, Meng Wanzhou pleaded not guilty and not fined. way, released and returned to China. William Taylor, one of Meng Wanzhou’s lawyers, said in a statement that under the terms of the agreement, Meng Wanzhou will not be further prosecuted in the United States, and Canada’s extradition proceedings have also been terminated.
When Meng Wanzhou returned to China, wearing a red dress, she walked out of the cabin and waved to the people. CCTV pictures.
Third, “Sing the Motherland”.
After the unremitting efforts of the Chinese government, Meng Wanzhou left Canada on September 24, 2021 local time on a chartered flight of the Chinese government. Xie Feng mentioned that as soon as Meng Wanzhou boarded the charter flight back to China, he mightn’t help but sing “Singing to the Motherland”. At 21:50 on September 25, 2021, Beijing time, Meng Wanzhou’s flight CA552 arrived safely at Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport. More than 100 million people watched the live broadcast of “Night Boat Returns”. When the cabin door opened, Meng Wanzhou, wearing a red dress, walked out of the cabin and waved to everyone. She also wore a five-star red flag brooch on her chest. Chinese Ambassador to Canada Cong Peiwu arrived on the same plane and was greeted at the airport by Zhang Xin, Vice Governor of Guangdong Province, and Qin Weizhong, Mayor of Shenzhen.
Xie Feng quoted netizens as saying in the program that Meng Wanzhou was detained because of China’s rise, and it was precisely because of China’s rise that she was released.
Xie Feng reviewed the evacuation of Chinese nationals from Ukraine in the program. CCTV pictures.
In addition to “Late Boat Returning”, Xie Feng also reviewed China’s evacuation of overseas Chinese from Ukraine on the program. At that time, a large number of Ukrainian people evacuated westward, the order was chaotic, and it was difficult to find a car. The Chinese embassy and consulate in Ukraine did everything possible to rent dozens of buses, and at the same time carefully guided local overseas Chinese and Chinese-funded enterprises to evacuate in an orderly manner with the motorcade. . The diplomats of the embassy escorted and negotiated the whole process, and stayed with the evacuated compatriots.
Xie Feng described this as another major evacuation of Chinese citizens in history, and it was also the one with the most complex environment, the most dangerous situation, the most difficult evacuation, the most worrying evacuees, and the largest number of embassies and consulates participating in the evacuation. With the joint efforts of all parties, more than 5,200 compatriots were finally safely evacuated to the neighboring countries of Ukraine, and the evacuation of the war was achieved without death or group injuries.
