New Christmas campaign for Canadians held in China

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The campaign is led by a former British diplomat, Charles Parton, who is a friend of Kovrig's from when they were both diplomats in Beijing close to a decade ago - Kovrig for Canada, Parton at that time for the European Union.
He has started a campaign calling on people around the world to post letters to the Chinese ambassador in their country with a Christmas or New Year card addressed to one of the two Michaels inside and asking for it to be forwarded to them in prison.
Meng Wanzhou is in Canada under house arrest Parton does not support this, believing it will simply encourage more of what he sees as "hostage-taking", a view based partly on his time dealing with hostage issues in Africa and one shared by the Canadian government.
The Wall Street Journal reported this month that there had been discussions between the US and Huawei about a possible deal in which Meng Wanzhou was allowed to return to China in exchange for an admission of guilt - but it is not clear how far progressed that might be.