‘Unlawful’ move

The US ambassador to Canada said her country is “deeply concerned” about China’s “unlawful” detention of two Canadians. US Ambassador Kelly Craft said in a statement to AP that the arrests of ex-diplomat Michael Kovrig and entrepreneur Michael Spavor are “unacceptable” and urged China to end the arbitrary detentions. It is her first public comment on the cases. China detained the two Canadians on December 10 in an apparent attempt to pressure Canada to release Chinese executive Meng Wanzhou, who was arrested on December 1 at the request of US authorities. Meng is the chief financial officer of the Chinese tech giant Huawei and the daughter of its founder.