It is both ignominious and hypocritical to revile China with double standards.”Mr. Kovrig is a China researcher for the International Crisis Group, a conflict and foreign policy research organization. He was on leave from Global Affairs Canada, where he had done postings abroad as a diplomat, including in China. Image Michael Spavor was detained on Dec. 10 by Chinese security agencies. “Michael led two successive professional lives in China — first as a diplomat for Canada and next as a researcher for Crisis Group,” he said in an interview on Monday. In either case, the message being sent — to businesspeople, diplomats, academics and others who wish to deal with China — is chilling.”

Source: New York Times December 19, 2018 17:58 UTC