FYI Michael Kovrig and Spavor are almost certainly actually spies. Their arrest was certainly political retaliation, but that doesn't mean they were innocent. Generally once spooks are outed, they aren't immediately arrested but rather observed to try and identify contacts or
or even try to flip them as double agents. The biggest tell that they were spies is actually Canadian behavior. The Canadian press is non stop reporting on them and their "suffering" while the Canadian government is actually doing jack shit publicly to get a hem out. This kind of
contradictory behavior is emblematic of them having friends in the intelligence community constantly pushing them into the media limelight. Governments really don't actually give a shit if you are arrested in foreign countries for bullshit reasons. Certainly media would be bored
of the story after a day in the headlines. That Spavor and Kovrig get regular media exposure is indicative of the media's hidden government handlers wanting this story to continue percolating. That China chose to arrest these two rather than make an example some random English
teacher caught in a drug bust is pretty much a sign they were already under surveillance. That the Canadian government itself is handling this fairly low-key is generally a tell me they have some embarrassing egg on their face.
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