I don't know if you have watched the American drama "Serious Crime Unit"? Although this is a crime film in the United States, it focuses on the content of the agreement signed between the American prosecutor and the prisoner. To put it simply, criminals realize their mistakes and want to exchange their information for a shorter sentence, and they often sign an agreement. Today, we will talk about an agreement that really happened between the United States and HSBC, and this agreement is related to Ms. Meng Wanzhou of Huawei Group in China.
As we all know, Ms. Meng Wanzhou has been detained by Party A for more than 1,000 days without reason, but most people have an inadvertent understanding of the whole story of this incident. The phrase "there is no excuse for the crime of wanting to add" is used to sum up Canada's detention of our citizens is extremely accurate.
We all know that the relationship between the United States and Iran has always been very bad, and Ms. Meng's case was formed against this background. At that time, the United States introduced a bill on sanctions against Iran, which provided for sanctions on all companies in the United States that did business with Iran. If the United States finds out that a company has business dealings with Iran, it will face heavy fines. You may wonder what this has to do with Huawei's case of Ms. Meng Wanzhou.
It really doesn't matter, but please keep looking patiently, because I'm going to tell you a story that even a three-year-old knows is a lie.
It happened in 2013, when Huawei was looking to apply for a loan from HSBC, so Ms. Meng met with Alan Thomas, then deputy head of global banking at HSBC Asia Pacific, in Hong Kong. At that time, Ms. Meng Wanzhou used a PPT to introduce in detail the business relationship between Huawei and Skycom (and Skycom has business and customers in Iran). After judging Huawei's statements, they signed a loan agreement in 2014, and in 2015 HSBC lent Huawei $1.5 billion.
Although HSBC knows that this payment is in cooperation with Skycom, and there is also the bank's logo on the cooperation letter, everything can prove that HSBC is aware of this matter. But the British bank HSBC is trying to take the loan off the books of the American bank HSBC.
It didn't matter, HSBC suddenly realized that it had violated the laws of the United States. What should I do, I will face a huge fine, so I better turn myself in. HSBC said that Huawei did not know about HSBC at that time, so they are now facing a huge fine, so Huawei's actions are fraud.
In this way, when the United States learned that Ms. Meng Wanzhou was going to Canada to handle business, it asked the Canadian side to detain Ms. Meng Wanzhou. So there was the matter of the detention of Ms. Meng Wanzhou by Canadian Customs. We will not comment on the Canadian side's handling for the time being, but first of all, HSBC's lawsuit is really full of loopholes.
First, they insisted that Huawei had deceived them and did not tell them the truth, but on the other hand, they said that Ms. Meng Wanzhou had slipped through her mouth when she met with them, so that they knew that Skycom was an Iranian company. So since you had already heard about it during the meeting, why did you take this loan again? Why do you have to go to HSBC USA? This series of operations has everyone already smelled of conspiracy?
So let's take a closer look at why HSBC must also report this matter to the United States in the face of a high fine?
This is to take a look at what HSBC has done in the past few years, in 2012, HSBC was suspected of helping Mexican criminal organizations launder money, and the amount involved was as high as 8$800 million. Later, HSBC was fined $1.9 billion and deferred prosecution for five years. In 2013, they were still in the adjourned litigation period. This means that in 2012-2017, they will be prosecuted for violating the rules, and the impact on HSBC is not a star. But HSBC's violations are not limited to this, they have also violated the ** computer in Iran. In 10 years, there have been as many as three such incidents. HSBC has been listed as a dangerous surveillance company in the United States.
In this way, HSBC's mess in the United States can be said to be one after another, how can it change this situation? However, HSBC could no longer deal with the high fines and penalties, so they thought of working with the United States** to obtain "commutation" leniency. So HSBC may have signed an agreement with U.S. prosecutors, which is called a "plea bargain." This is the type of agreement that the offender and the prosecution signed at the beginning of the meeting. Obtain some benefits through HSBC's cooperation with the United States** in exchange for the non-prosecution of the United States**.
This is the chain of interests of HSBC and the United States, it can be said that each takes what he needs and has no loss, but their interests are based on the pain of others. The alliance between the nations is clearly the United States and Canada. Why did Ms. Meng Wanzhou go to Canada as soon as she goes? In fact, the United States has also asked other countries to detain Ms. Meng Wanzhou, but no country is willing to respond, and the only person who responds is Canada. It can be said that the Canadian side and the United States have formed an offensive and defensive alliance.
Since it is an alliance, Canada has something to say. Therefore, on December 1, 2018, Canada** detained Ms. Meng Wanzhou at the airport and confiscated her computer and mobile phone, and at the same time, the Canadian side leaked all Ms. Meng Wanzhou's mobile phone information and computer data to the United States. Ironically, however, in this series of violations, they still did not find credible evidence against Ms. Meng Wanzhou. Therefore, in the first-instance verdict, they found Ms. Meng Wanzhou guilty, but in article 19 of the verdict, it was written that there was no conclusive evidence for HSBC's allegations.
What does that mean? Do you think that you have been swept away by me, simply put, the conclusion of the US-Canada alliance, and the Canadian side means that I can't let my brother suffer! Although we have no evidence, we still suspect you, so we can only detain you first. Now it seems that Huawei is just moving the interests of the United States and Canada, so they have to find ways to detain the executives of a Chinese company? No, it's already escalated into a political game. Even if you are a scoundrel, you must play a high-sounding role, speak beautifully, and guide the direction of **!
The biggest motive for the United States to ask Canada to detain people is to extradite Ms. Meng Wanzhou to the United States, in an attempt to blackmail Huawei into replacing people with technology! Although it is an alliance, people all over the world are watching it, and there should be procedures, so there is a case of suing Meng Wanzhou in Canada and the United States. But in Canada, if Ms. Meng were to be extradited to the United States, she would need to be found guilty of dual criminality. Dual criminality means that the laws of both countries must be violated at the same time. For example, Ms. Meng Wanzhou's loan to HSBC for a company in Iran is a violation of US law, but unfortunately Canada does not have such a law, so it is not a violation of Canadian law. That being the case, double criminality cannot be extradited if it is not established.
However, the United States never mentioned the Iranian sanctions, and only seized on Ms. Meng Wanzhou's fraud of HSBC, and proposed the Iran sanctions bill and Ms. Meng Wanzhou's fraud without practice. However, this matter can only be a fraud if it is based on American law, and fortunately, the presiding judge still has this vision and does not adopt the American argument. Today, Ms. Meng Wanzhou has been detained in Canada for more than 1,000 days and is about to be put on trial. However, this trial has now become a hot potato.
Maybe the Canadian side never thought that it would take such a hot potato. Because of the Meng Wanzhou incident, the Canadian side has come under pressure from all over the world.
1. The world pattern has changed. The United States, which has always considered itself the hegemon of the world, has always tried to proceed from a position of strength, but it has been hit by a gray nose. On the eve of Sherman's visit to China in July, the United States once again emphasized the need to negotiate with China from the perspective of a position of strength, so Wang Yi met with Sherman in Tianjin. You must know that the location of Tianjin is well chosen, but Sherman has nothing to say. During this period, Wang Yi clearly urged the US side to adopt a correct attitude so that it can continue to talk about whether to resume China and the United States. At the same time, the Chinese ambassador to Canada also published an article in the newspaper, clearly asking the Canadian side to release Ms. Meng Wanzhou as soon as possible.
2. Huawei and Chinese companies fight back. If Ms. Meng Wanzhou belongs to Huawei, she also belongs to China. So this year, Ren Zhengfei is preparing to withdraw from Canada and will lay off 4,500 Canadian employees. Maybe these people can't make any waves in China, but please believe that they can definitely cause a lot of commotion in Canada. At the same time, Huawei will prohibit any Canadian company from using Huawei's 5G technology.
However, this is not over, Chinese companies have withdrawn from the Canadian market, and Kai-Fu Lee has also ended the investment of seven or eight hundred plus enterprises. And Wang Jianlin has withdrawn 600 billion yuan from the United States, for the sake of national security, any Chinese company is by no means a joke! While waiting for the final verdict, many people said that the verdict would not come down so quickly. Because the judge doesn't want to rule, he just wants to drag on until the new attorney general takes office this year and kick the ball away.
3 Netizens around the world have signed a joint proposal to release Ms. Meng Wanzhou, and the number of joint signatures is as high as 10 million. Not only that, but even the locals in Canada think that Canada does not have an independent judiciary of its own. Why do we have to listen to the United States?
4 At the same time, HSBC once again reversed the water and provided evidence to prove Ms. Meng Wanzhou's innocence. Is HSBC a spirit**? One moment sues Huawei for fraud, and the other provides evidence for Huawei. Quite simply, the U.S. postponement period has long passed, and they have already reached an agreement with the U.S., so there is no substantial harm to them at this time. Secondly, although HSBC is based in the United Kingdom, its headquarters are in Hong Kong, China. And Hong Kong is Chinese, so the pressure from ** makes them have to hand over real evidence.
Therefore, the alliance between interests is not indestructible, and once the chain of interests is broken, the alliance between them will also collapse. However, the U.S. doesn't care much about the favorable evidence provided by HSBC against Huawei, because they just need to find a reason to detain Ms. Meng Wanzhou in the early stage, so they don't think about a fair ruling at all. The most pitiful of them is Canada**, who has to cover his swollen face while continuing this ridiculous behavior. Now that the wood is complete, it is difficult to ride a tiger.
Of course, the Canadian side will not sit still, so if they can't shake the pot, they are ready to guide ** again and ask the Chinese side to release the two Canadian "citizens" detained in China. On August 11, the Dandong Intermediate People's Court pronounced a verdict on the Canadian defendant Michael Staffor, who was guilty of illegal spying on foreign intelligence, and sentenced him to 11 years in prison, a fine of 50,000 yuan, and deportation. Of course, Canada began to make a big fuss about this matter, saying that China was detaining Canadian citizens for no reason, and was using Ms. Meng Wanzhou to blackmail and want to engage in hostage diplomacy.
Canadian spy.
However, our country did not pay attention to it, and the arrest and trial did not take long, after all, the evidence is conclusive. Unlike the Chinese side, why has Ms. Meng Wanzhou's case not been completed for a long time, and why has the verdict not been announced? In fact, it is because they have no evidence, how can they convince the public of nothing.
This is the large-scale double-standard scene in the United States and Canada, which is actually a complete farce. In fact, it can be seen from this incident that there is no fairness in Western society, they can engage in unilateralism and hegemonic policies. On the one hand, they talk about the human rights of other countries in their own countries, while on the other hand, they can illegally detain citizens of other countries in disregard of human rights. As a result, the United States forced the Soviet Union to become a military power, and they are still afraid of three points. So is Huawei also on the rise under US sanctions?
So what has Huawei done to deal with the US sanctions? In fact, the main sanction is that Huawei has no chips, and Huawei is not involved much in the chip industry. But don't be afraid, if you don't have it, you can make it yourself! Just like during the epidemic, the whole country entered a mask shortage, so Chinese companies immediately changed careers to make masks! The epidemic is not over yet, and we can already have more masks for export! So there is Huawei's Hongmeng system, which just gives Chinese enterprises a good motivation to work hard.
When the reporter interviewed Ren Zhengfei, he asked him what he thought of the Meng Wanzhou incident, and whether this was a political game between China and the United States. Ren Zhengfei's answer is very simple and clear, Huawei is not a victim, but don't want to threaten Meng Wanzhou. Finally, he also talked about the United States, and unexpectedly Ren Zhengfei said very sincerely that there is still a lot to learn. This is the great wisdom of the Chinese, not only to learn from teachers, from friends, but also from our own opponents.
China is also quite different in dealing with Apple's affairs, many netizens say that the United States sanctions Huawei, and we will sanction Apple. However, we did not sanction Apple, it is obvious that a country and a company are not in the same rank, isn't this the sense of déjà vu that adults bully children! Since it is a big country, it must have the bearing and responsibility of a big country. Moreover, Apple's foundry Foxconn solves the employment of tens of thousands of people in China every year, and at the same time brings a lot of taxes to the country.
When the wolves are exterminated for the sake of sheep in one area, the sheep in that area are almost finished. Similarly, if we want the normal development of our enterprises, we must also put in some "wolves" and let them chase our enterprises. In this way, China's enterprises can be dynamic and motivated.
In the end, I just want to say that it is not that the United States will not develop if it detains Meng Wanzhou and Huawei, and the leading position of American science and technology can be restored again. Compared with enterprises, the power of the state is very strong; Compared with history, the country can only be a drop in the long river of history. Because no one can stop the wheel of history, and even if you want to stop the progress of society, it is just the wishful thinking of some countries.