If anyone has actually done some digging into the backgrounds of the two Michaels, this shouldn’t be at all surprising. Either China accidentally found the two most suspicious Canadians in China, China intentionally found the two most suspicious Canadians in China explicitly to unfairly detain them despite knowing that nobody would believe the justification anyway, or the two most suspicious Canadians in China were either spies or unwitting spies.
Kovrig is a “former diplomat and current geopolitical analyst working with the International Crisis Group.” His work involves “splitting his time between Hong Kong and Beijing offices and travelling around the the east Asia region for research.”
Spavor is “director and founder of Paektu Cultural Exchange, an NGO that facilitates cultural exchange with North Korea.” His work involves constantly crossing into and out of North Korea and he supposedly has connections with Kim Jong-Un as well as high-level officials in the DPRK government.
If you’ve read any of the public reports on typical covers given to spies, this should be raising so many red flags.
If anyone has actually done some digging into the backgrounds of the two Michaels, this shouldn’t be at all surprising. Either China accidentally found the two most suspicious Canadians in China, China intentionally found the two most suspicious Canadians in China explicitly to unfairly detain them despite knowing that nobody would believe the justification anyway, or the two most suspicious Canadians in China were either spies or unwitting spies.
Kovrig is a “former diplomat and current geopolitical analyst working with the International Crisis Group.” His work involves “splitting his time between Hong Kong and Beijing offices and travelling around the the east Asia region for research.”
Spavor is “director and founder of Paektu Cultural Exchange, an NGO that facilitates cultural exchange with North Korea.” His work involves constantly crossing into and out of North Korea and he supposedly has connections with Kim Jong-Un as well as high-level officials in the DPRK government.
If you’ve read any of the public reports on typical covers given to spies, this should be raising so many red flags.