U.S. slams Chinese sentence of Canadian man in case linked to Huawei August 12, 2021 Canadian businessman Michael Spavor. Kim Kyung-Hoon | Reuters WASHINGTON – The United States on Wednesday issued a sharp condemnation following a Chinese court’s sentencing of Canadian businessman Michael Spavor to 11 years in prison for espionage , in a case embroiled in a wider diplomatic feud between Washington and Beijing. Secretary of State Antony Blinken slammed the proceedings against Spavor and Michael Kovrig, a former Canadian diplomat charged with espionage. “We join our partners in condemning Beijing’s sentencing of Canadian citizen Michael Spavor, and calling…