Sanctioned: The Arrest of a Telecom Giant

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The arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver in December 2018 placed Canada in the middle of a global trade war. Stephen Quinn narrates a story of international intrigue set against a dramatic battle to dominate the economies of the future.

Episode 11

Episode 11: Double Criminality

With a key decision looming, Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou takes a premature victory photo on the Vancouver courthouse steps. Her fate is tied to a California bigamist who tried to escape the law -- and his other wife - by fleeing to B.C. And tensions between morality, law and politics are examined through an 1860 precedent when Canada was asked to return a freed slave to the United States.
Episode 12

Episode 12: The Two Michaels

The wife of one of two Canadians held in Chinese prisons since Meng Wanzhou's arrest steps out of the shadows to demand political action. A U.S. election looms and Meng Wanzhou's lawyers prepare to turn the spotlight on President Donald Trump's record to claim she's being used as a pawn. And Meng's lawyers throw a new claim of abuse into the mix - arguing that the U.S. misled the court from the start about the basics of the case against her.
Episode 13

Episode 13: The Final Chapter

It was a moment many thought would never come. Three years of fiery political posturing and intense legal wrangling with Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou under threat of extradition to the U.S. and two Canadians facing years of hard labour in Chinese prisons. The last chapter of CBC's award-winning podcast details the breakneck relay of events that brought the case to a conclusion over the course of one extraordinary day in September.

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Missing episodes

Jul 30

kerryroxanne

1-10 are not there Cant rate if I cant hear.
Missing eps?

2025-09-12

sapinsenneigés

Hello, It seems ep. 1-6 are unavailable. Would love to listen.
Awesome

2022-06-20

Falcon1813

Episodes 1 to 6 are missing can’t find them?
THEME SONG

2021-11-02

Cale Gardi @gardi_y2g

Great pod. Finally got to listen to the last episode. What is the theme song and where can I find it? It is absolutely haunting.

The arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver in December 2018 placed Canada in the middle of a global trade war. Stephen Quinn narrates a story of international intrigue set against a dramatic battle to dominate the economies of the future.