This screen grab made from video released on September 25, 2021 by Chinese state broadcaster CCTV shows Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou receiving flowers after she arrived following her release, in Shenzhen in China's southern Guangdong province. AFP PHOTO / CHINA CENTRAL TELEVISION
This screen grab made from video released on September 25, 2021 by Chinese state broadcaster CCTV shows Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou receiving flowers after she arrived following her release, in Shenzhen in China's southern Guangdong province. AFP PHOTO / CHINA CENTRAL TELEVISION


BEIJING: Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou returned to China Saturday shortly after two Canadians released from prison in China also arrived in Calgary, ending a bitter diplomatic row that has poisoned ties for three years.

Meng and the two Canadians — former diplomat Michael Kovrig and businessman Michael Spavor — were detained in a bitter spat critics have called "hostage diplomacy."

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