"The release of two Canadian hostages by China has ended a lengthy feud between the two countries, but experts caution the saga foreshadows a deepening rift between the two nations."
"China’s increasingly hardline approach – and the brazenness with which it was willing to engage in “hostage diplomacy” – should be taken as a warning to other nations."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/29/meng-wanzhou-michael-kovrig-michael-spavor-china-analysis
"Americans—particularly businesspeople and the politically engaged—should be thinking twice about traveling to China.
For years, China watchers have warned of Beijing’s increasing use of “hostage diplomacy,” and last month, it was on full display."
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/26/opinions/china-hostage-diplomacy-ortagus-stilwell-op-ed/index.html
"By engaging in this sort of hostage diplomacy, China has thus entered the exceptionally dubious company of Muammar al-Qaddafi’s Libya."
https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/09/28/western-expats-are-no-longer-safe-in-china/