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A Court in China Sentences A Canadian Businessman To 11 Years In Prison

Michael Spavor was found guilty of espionage in a case condemned by Western diplomats as political hostage-taking related to the detention in Canada of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou.

BEIJING – A court in China has sentenced Canadian businessman Michael Spavor to 11 years in prison for espionage, days before Canada is expected to announce whether it will extradite a Chinese executive to the United States for trial.

The Intermediate People's Court of Dandong City, a Chinese border city near

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