Meng Enters Chinese Soils, Causing Tantrums in US Congress
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Meng had "teary eyes" as her plane crossed the North Pole, avoiding US airspace after over 1,000 days of house arrest in Canada.
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Wanzhou wore an emblematic red dress as she stepped down a plane in Shenzhen in southern China.
"I'm finally back home," Meng tells Global Times, a Chinese tabloid. After becoming free from exile, she said, "The waiting in a foreign country was full of suffering. I was speechless the moment my feet touched Chinese soil." According to CCTV, a teary-eyed Meng flew the North Pole, avoiding US airspace.
Wanzhou's plane landed in Shenzhen, south China: Some celebrated, and others weren't too happy.
It was reported that some Republican senators denounced Wanzhou's release and urged the White House to reconsider, such as Marco Rubio and Bill Hagerty.
“I’m very concerned that this appears, that it could be more appeasement from the Biden Administration, more capitulation,” said Hagerty, a former ambassador to Japan. “Huawei is an aggressive predatory company. It’s backed by the Chinese Communist Party. We have given up leverage today.”
Despite US officials' tantrums, many in China deemed the release a victory for Chinese politics and diplomacy. Chinese news agency, Xinhua, commented on the matter, attributing Meng's release to the success of the Chinese government.
Through unremitting efforts of the Chinese government, Meng Wanzhou has already left Canada on a charter flight organized by the Chinese government. #GLOBALink pic.twitter.com/fFSy99iHLW
— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) September 25, 2021
The spokeswoman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Hua Chunying, said that the allegations were lies and had been "fabricated" in order to obstruct Chinese technology industries, which are competing highly against US tech industries.
Since 2018, the United States has engaged in a global smear campaign against Huawei - Meng's arrest in 2019, in addition to Trump's effective ban on the company, was the straw that broke the camel's back. Check out the Huawei ban timeline here.
