According to ''[[The Washington Post]]'', China took two Canadian citizens [[hostage]], Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, to pressure Canada not to extradite to the United States Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of [[Huawei]] and daughter of Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2018/12/17/china-is-holding-two-canadians-hostages-its-not-even-denying-it/</ref> After [[Prime Minister]] [[Justin Trudeau]] publicly thanked Taiwan for Covid relief assistance, the CCP demanded return of two [[panda]]s from the [[Calgary]] Zoo. A petition circulated demanding the release of Canadian hostages in exchange for the pandas. The diplomatic uproar exemplified the value leftwing Chinese communists place on human life.<ref>https://youtu.be/epWzdhA-5Yk</ref> | According to ''[[The Washington Post]]'', China took two Canadian citizens [[hostage]], Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, to pressure Canada not to extradite to the United States Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of [[Huawei]] and daughter of Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2018/12/17/china-is-holding-two-canadians-hostages-its-not-even-denying-it/</ref> After [[Prime Minister]] [[Justin Trudeau]] publicly thanked Taiwan for Covid relief assistance, the CCP demanded return of two [[panda]]s from the [[Calgary]] Zoo. A petition circulated demanding the release of Canadian hostages in exchange for the pandas. The diplomatic uproar exemplified the value leftwing Chinese communists place on human life.<ref>https://youtu.be/epWzdhA-5Yk</ref> |