With a key decision looming, Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou takes a premature victory photo on the Vancouver courthouse steps. Her fate is tied to a California bigamist who tried to escape the law -- and his other wife - by fleeing

Episode 13: The Final Chapter

Nov 1st, 2021 41m 18s

It was a moment many thought would never come. Three years of fiery political posturing and intense legal wrangling with Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou under threat of extradition to the U.S. and two Canadians facing years of hard labour in Chin

Episode 12: The Two Michaels

Sep 30th, 2020 48m 19s

The wife of one of two Canadians held in Chinese prisons since Meng Wanzhou's arrest steps out of the shadows to demand political action. A U.S. election looms and Meng Wanzhou's lawyers prepare to turn the spotlight on President Donald Trump's

Episode 10 - Charm Offensive

Jan 20th, 2020 40m 49s

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tells the U.S. government not to close a trade deal without settling the question of Meng Wanzhou and the two Canadians accused of spying in China. The CBC's long-planned interview with Meng's father - Hua

Episode 9 - American Trap

Jan 13th, 2020 36m

Meng Wanzhou goes to court to force the Canadian government to produce the documents her lawyers claim she'll need to prove she's the victim of a conspiracy. An old friend turns up in court with words of support. And Meng's father turns tastema

Episode 8 - The Rule of Law

Sep 30th, 2019 34m 32s

Steve Bannon - the man credited with engineering U.S. President Donald Trump's election campaign announces plans to release a movie based on the Meng Wanzhou story. Tensions between Canada and China reach a breaking point and a former Prime Min

Episode 7: "The Arrest Warrant"

Sep 23rd, 2019 32m 37s

Grainy video emerges of Meng Wanzhou's first fateful hours in Vancouver as the legal battle over her possible extradition narrows down to the Huawei executive's treatment at the hands of authorities. Did the Canadians conspire with the American

Episode 6: Indictment

May 6th, 2019 37m 32s

Now living under a form of house arrest, Meng Wanzhou plans her legal strategy as tensions simmer between the U.S., China and Canada.. Prosecutors unseal an indictment against Meng and Huawei and a Canadian faces the death penalty.

Episode 5: Retaliation

Apr 29th, 2019 31m 30s

As Meng Wanzhou's lawyers craft a plan for her release, China shows its displeasure with the arrest of an icon by arresting two Canadians accused of spying. President Donald Trump weighs in on the situation and Meng's friends step forward to su

Episode 1: The Arrival

Apr 25th, 2019 31m 32s

Meng Wanzhou lands in Vancouver on what was supposed to be a routine transit stop. Instead, she finds herself under arrest, accused of violating economic sanctions in Iran and facing the possibility of jail in the United States.

Episode 2: The Family Business

Apr 25th, 2019 33m 31s

As Meng Wanzhou appears in a Vancouver courtroom for the first time, the story of her remarkable career with Huawei emerges. And questions are raised about the Chinese government's role in the powerhouse firm her father built from the ground up

Episode 3: Power Point

Apr 25th, 2019 28m 56s

Meng Wanzhou faces a week in a British Columbia jail. It's a remarkable change in fortunes for a woman who once welcomed former Federal Reserve chair Alan Greenspan to an economic forum. And a revolution in Iran leads to sanctions that will on

Episode 4: Firestorm

Apr 25th, 2019 33m 53s

News breaks of Meng's arrest and the international media descends on Vancouver as Meng Wanzhou's local real estate holdings make her a poster-child for a city riven by real estate speculation by wealthy Chinese.

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Sanctioned: The Arrest of a Telecom Giant (Trailer)

Mar 22nd, 2019 2m 19s

The arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver in December 2018 placed Canada in the middle of a global trade war at an unprecedented moment in telecommunications history. Stephen Quinn narrates a story of international intrigue and o

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