China’s ambassador to Canada has urged the country to rectify its “serious mistake” in the handling of the US extradition request for Huawei senior executive Meng Wanzhou during a phone conversation with Meng on Wednesday. The phone call came weeks ahead of an expected ruling on the Huawei chief financial officer’s extradition to the US. During the call, ambassador Cong Peiwu accused Canadian authorities of taking “wrong actions”, according to a statement by the embassy on Wednesday. He emphasised to Meng that China would defend the legal rights of its citizens and enterprises. “Any action to bully or oppress the…