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Hostage Diplomacy Between China, Canada and the United States

The Lawfare Podcast

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The Chinese Government Wants to Embrace the Hostage Taking Narrative

Ocas: It doesn't make sense for the chinese to release the two canadians at that very moment, because it makes them look bad. Ocas: But in a weird way, they actually want to embrace it, to show that they were the ones responsible for getting this case resolved. "It seems like they want to send the message that hostage taking is still on the table for us in future," he says.

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