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    Second Canadian detained in China as diplomatic dispute escalates

    by Robyn Dixon, Los Angeles Times Dec 13, 2018 3 minutes

    BEIJING - A second Canadian man has been detained by Chinese officials, raising the stakes in a growing international dispute over a Chinese high-tech executive who was arrested in Canada and held for extradition to the United States.

    Michael Spavor was taken into custody Monday after being questioned in the country's northeast, near the border with North Korea, foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang confirmed. Former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig was taken into custody in Beijing the same day.

    The arrests have raised

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