Editorial | US and China should talk more following the release of Meng Wanzhou

Name: Chinese netizens swoon over hero’s return and husband’s greeting for Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou
Uploaded: 2021-09-28T15:35:25.000Z
Duration: 3 min 53 s
Description: Chinese netizens swoon over hero’s return and husband’s greeting for Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou

The unexpected turn of events involving the Huawei executive and two Canadians calls for greater interaction between Beijing and Washington in the hope of creating a better understanding to resolve disputes

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Huawei Technologies' chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, after her plane back to China landed in Shenzhen. Photo: CCTV

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Published: 11:35pm, 28 Sep 2021Updated: 5:52am, 25 Dec 2021

The gloom surrounding relations between China and the United States has lightened with the mutual release from detention and return home of Huawei Technologies’ chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou from Vancouver and Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor from the mainland.

How the unexpected turn of events after a deal was struck with American prosecutors will impact Beijing’s ties with Washington and Ottawa remains uncertain. But it is, without doubt, a positive development that offers an opportunity for the American and Chinese sides to engage.

Only by stepping up interaction at all levels is there hope of better understanding and a reassessment of circumstances to resolve disputes.

Meng, the daughter of Huawei’s founder, had been under house arrest for more than three years awaiting the outcome of an extradition hearing brought by the US over the company’s alleged violation of American sanctions on Iran. Her detention came amid the trade war with China sparked by former president Donald Trump that escalated into a full-blown rivalry and has continued under his successor, Joe Biden.

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Chinese netizens swoon over hero’s return and husband’s greeting for Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou

Now also encompassing technology, human rights and the sovereignty issues of Taiwan and the South China Sea, the dispute impacts the region’s countries and has dragged in Washington’s allies. China and the US are the world’s most powerful and influential nations; they need to be cooperating to resolve the challenges of the pandemic, economic turmoil and climate change.

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Editorial | US and China should talk more following the release of Meng Wanzhou