China has summoned the US ambassador in Beijing to demand the cancellation of an arrest warrant for Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Chinese telecoms company Huawei, in the latest sign that her detention is souring relations between the two powers.
Beijing also threatened Canada with “serious consequences” following the arrest of Ms Meng, the daughter ofHuawei founder Ren Zhengfei, inVancouver on December 1.
The Chinese foreign ministry said it had summoned US ambassador Terry Branstad yesterday to lodge a “solemn protest”. Le Yucheng, vice-foreign minister, was cited by the ministry as saying the US had “seriously violated the legitimate rights and interests of a Chinese citizen in an extremely vile way”. Mr Le added: “We urge the US to pay attention to China’s justified and solemn position, to immediately correct its mistaken actions and cancel the arrest warrant against this Chinese citizen.”