Jacques deLisle of the Law School commented on the sentencing of Michael Spavor, a Canadian alleged to have compromised China’s national security. DeLisle said that his 11 year sentence is short, given the charges and China’s usual approach to these cases, and may thus signal the country’s interest in striking a deal with, or at least not provoking, the U.S. and Canada.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinese-court-sentences-canadian-michael-spavor-to-11-years-in-prison-for-espionage-11628650546 The Wall Street Journal