serious political incidenthe renewed demands for the canadian side to correct its mistakes and release ms meng immediately and ensure that she returns to china safely to avoid causing more damage to canada and china relationsprime minister justin trudeau has insisted on leaving it to the courts to decide mengs fatehe lamented last week that communistled china doesnt seem to understand the meaning of an independent judiciarya us indictment unsealed in new york in february meanwhile further alleged huawei and its proxies conspired to misappropriate intellectual property from six us firms as part of a strategy to grow and become the worlds largest telecom equipment makerit named shenzhenbased huawei and several subsidiaries as well as meng the companys chief financial officerhuawei has said the charges are unfounded and unfair and part of a ploy to crush the companythey were laid amid heightened uschina trade tensions and efforts by washington to keep huawei from obtaining contracts for 5g or fifthgeneration wireless networksthat pressure has had mixed results however with the eu in january limiting its exposure to high risk suppliers of 5g equipment when building nextgeneration mobile networks but stopping short of banning any one vendor outrightcanada has yet to announce a 5g decision