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Meng Wanzhou

Sabrina Meng Wanzhou is the Chief Financial Officer of Shenzhen-based telecoms giant Huawei.

Born

13 Feb 1972

Industry

Technology, Business

Job Title

Rotating Chairwoman of Huawei Technologies

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has overseen deteriorating ties with China in the nine years he has been in office. Photo: AP

China-Canada relations

Will Justin Trudeau’s resignation spark rebound in China-Canada ties?

As Canadian prime minister steps down, Ottawa has chance to fix tensions with Beijing if it softens anti-China stance, analysts say.

7 Jan 2025 - 7:29PM

Huawei

Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou lauds US-sanctioned firm’s resilience in 2024

2 Jan 2025 - 10:57PM

Science

How Trump’s first term broke decades-old tech barriers that troubled Beijing

20 Nov 2024 - 9:27PMvideocam

Taiwan

Ex-Taiwanese leader’s trip to security summit in Canada raises ire in Beijing

Tsai Ing-wen has been invited to deliver a keynote address at the annual Halifax International Security Forum in Nova Scotia.

19 Nov 2024 - 8:55PMvideocam

Former Taiwanese leader Tsai Ing-wen speaks during the annual Forum 2000 conference in Prague last month. She will travel to Canada this month for a security forum. Photo: Reuters

China society

China’s netizens warned that shutting down scientists’ views may hobble progress

Renowned scientists such as physicist He Zuoxiu and Fields Medal winner Yau Shing-Tung have been subjected to online attacks.

28 Nov 2024 - 11:13AMvideocam

Huawei

Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou back at the helm of firm ahead of next smartphone launch

In her latest tenure as rotating chairwoman, Meng is expected to oversee the launch of Huawei’s next flagship 5G smartphone series, the Mate 70.

1 Oct 2024 - 8:00PMvideocam

Canada

Canadian detained by China says he experienced ‘psychological torture’

Michael Kovrig and fellow Canadian Michael Spavor were taken into custody in 2018 after Canadian police detained Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou.

24 Sep 2024 - 5:05PMvideocam

Former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig in 2021. File photo: Reuters

US-China relations

US senator attacks Biden administration for failing to halt chip sales to China

John Kennedy, Republican of Louisiana, says Commerce Department has not done enough to keep Nvidia semiconductors, key to AI technologies, from Chinese entities.

26 Jul 2024 - 5:15AM

Canada

Canada MP Han Dong’s suit against Global News over Beijing claim can proceed

Han Dong, an independent MP from Toronto, was slandered by Global News when it reported on his communication with Beijing about two Canadians held in China, says judge.

22 Jun 2024 - 3:51AMvideocam

European Union

My Take | What does China really mean when it calls on other countries to be ‘rational’?

Such requests rarely seem sincere when they are essentially asking other nations to act against their own strategic goals

3 May 2024 - 10:36AMvideocam

Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks with China’s President Xi Jinping at the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Bali in 2022. Photo: Reuters

Huawei

Huawei’s Richard Yu said to move up as chairman of firm’s consumer business

The leadership reshuffle at Huawei’s consumer business group comes as the company regains lost ground in China’s smartphone market and doubles down on electric vehicle systems.

1 May 2024 - 9:07PM

Huawei

Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou eyes digitalisation, AI to regain ground in Asia-Pacific

Chinese telecoms giant Huawei Technologies is eyeing opportunities in digital and artificial intelligence transformation to regain ground in Asia-Pacific, according to its deputy chairwoman Meng Wanzhou.

30 Apr 2024 - 10:06PM

Canada

China’s ambassador to Canada Cong Peiwu leaves post amid tensions

The envoy’s tenure was marked by the arrests of Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou and Canada’s 2 Michaels, as well as accusations of Chinese election meddling.

20 Apr 2024 - 5:27AMvideocam

Canada

China tried to meddle but Canadians decided last 2 elections, Trudeau tells inquiry

Chinese embassy spokesman condemns ‘slander’ after Canada’s prime minister testifies at an inquiry into foreign meddling in Canadian elections.

11 Apr 2024 - 2:14PMvideocam

Canada

Canada settles with 1 of ‘Two Michaels’ in China spy row

Ottawa reached a settlement with Canadian Michael Spavor, who was jailed in China for nearly three years and claimed he had been unwittingly used for intelligence gathering.

7 Mar 2024 - 12:17PM

United States

Blinken talks to Russia-detained US citizen Whelan, vows effort to free him

The US secretary of state also named Wall Street Journal correspondent Evan Gershkovich, who was arrested in March and accused of spying.

14 Feb 2024 - 7:46AMvideocam

US-China relations

Opinion | How many more Huawei will be targeted as US-China tech war heats up?

US targeting of Huawei reflects the challenges innovative companies face in an increasingly interconnected yet politically sensitive world.

6 Jan 2024 - 4:18PMvideocam

Canada

Canada in payout talks with two Michaels over China detainment: report

Federal lawyers are in compensation talks with Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig, who were detained in China in 2018 the Globe and Mail reported in Tuesday.

26 Dec 2023 - 11:24PMvideocam

The Globe and Mail newspaper is reporting that Canada is willing to compensate Michael Spavor (left) and Michael Kovrig for being imprisoned in China. Photos: Wang Zhao and Julie David de Lossy/AFP

China-Canada relations

Michael Spavor claims he was used by Ottawa for intelligence gathering in China

Spavor, jailed in China for 3 years on espionage charges along with Michael Kovrig, is seeking millions of dollars in compensation from Ottawa, the Globe and Mail newspaper reported on Monday.

21 Nov 2023 - 7:11AMvideocam

Canada

Canada’s Spavor blames fellow prisoner Kovrig for China arrest

The consultant shared information with Kovrig, a report says, not knowing it would be relayed to the Canadian government and its Five Eyes intelligence partners.

19 Nov 2023 - 6:38AM

Huawei

Tech war takes a new turn as Huawei pushes 5G smartphones with mystery chip

Huawei’s return to the 5G smartphone market and the controversy over its advanced, made-in-China processor reflect the lengths taken by the company to build up its operations, following years of struggles on account of US trade sanctions.

3 Oct 2023 - 2:26PM

US-China relations

Opinion | Despite decoupling talk, Chinese businesses are flourishing in the US

A growing number of Chinese firms and Chinese-run businesses have found the secret sauce to success in the US: keeping low, localising operations – and cutting as many ties as possible to a home office in China.

27 Sep 2023 - 8:30PMvideocam

One of the oldest Chinese emporiums in the US, the Pearl River Mart was founded as “friendship store” in 1971, months before Richard Nixon’s China visit. The main store has moved five times and is now in SoHo, a few blocks from Chinatown. Photo: Pearl River Mart / Think!Chinatown

Huawei

Huawei’s heir-apparent Meng Wanzhou sets AI as focus for the next decade

The executive says the telecoms giant will embrace an “all intelligence” strategy to transform itself into a key provider of computing power to support China’s AI development.

20 Sep 2023 - 5:19PM

Huawei

Huawei teases new products but still tight-lipped over mystery chip

The tech giant says it will unveil ‘many new products’ at its autumn launch this year. The event coincides with the second anniversary of rotating chairwoman Meng Wanzhou’s return to China.

14 Sep 2023 - 5:49PMvideocam

Huawei

‘Save talent, not dollars’: Huawei founder urges tech giant to focus on workers

In a speech in July, the founder of the telecoms equipment maker told the firm to focus on keeping its lead in specific areas and to invest in talent.

4 Sep 2023 - 7:30PM

Huawei founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei is interviewed in Taiyuan, northern Shanxi province, on February 9, 2021. Photo: Xinhua

Climate change

Editorial | Canada climate talks can warm China ties

Beijing visit by environment minister, the first by member of Ottawa’s cabinet in four years, may help improve relations.

2 Sep 2023 - 1:18AMvideocam

Canada’s Minister of the Environment and Climate Change, Steven Guilbeault, had talks with Chinese counterpart Huang Runqiu during a Beijing visit. Photo: Reuters

Huawei

Huawei’s revenue surges thanks to brisk smartphone sales in China

Sales from the consumer business group, which includes smartphones and electric vehicles, rose more than 2 per cent after two years of decline.

11 Aug 2023 - 4:25PMvideocam

Banking & finance

Alberta government calls off partnership with Chinese private equity fund

A partnership formed in 2016 by Alberta Industrial Heartland and Hong Kong-based private equity firm Can-China Global Resource Fund ‘no longer exists’, a spokeswoman for the non-profit said.

30 Jun 2023 - 1:22PMvideocam

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