With China, for example, the relationships between Beijing and western governments have long been challenged by the differences in their political systems and values. With Canada, the relationship took a sharp turn for the worse in December, 2018 when Meng Wanzhou was arrested in Vancouver by Canadian authorities at the request of their American counterparts. The U.S. wanted Meng, chief financial officer of telecom giant Huawei, a crown jewel of corporate China, extradited so that she could be charged with misleading financial institutions about her company’s dealings with Iran, which may have violated U.S. sanctions.