Chinese Foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying, at a press briefing on December 25, criticised France for siding with its “allies”, as the list of countries calling for the release of two Canadians detained in China continues to grow. She said that the arrest of Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig was “different in nature” to the arrest in Canada of Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei, and that China “resolutely refused and opposed” calls from Paris for their release. France’s Foreign Ministry on December 24, appealed for the release of Spavor and Kovrig, and described the detention of Meng Wanzhou as legitimate.
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