If Canada paid the two Michaels compensation money early on, how could 很天真 "created the conditions" later? Don't you think a China-Canada rapprochement couldn't happen without Canada admitting the two Michaels weren't unfairly detained?The thing for a competent statesmen to do would be to pay the two Michaels that compensation money BEFORE this went to court, that way you at least prevent the truth coming out about them indeed were spying.
In fact a competent statesmen would have traded Meng Wanzhou for the two Michaels quietly before Biden made the move and made your whole "judicial independence" thing a laugh.
Although I suppose a competent statesmen wouldn't have arrested Meng Wanzhou in the first place, as many countries did before she flew to Canada.
Recall the Michael Spavor suing government was first dropped on Nov 18th, a day after Xi ignored Trudeau at APEC again. This story was kept hidden and could have been settled privately, it was definitely intentionally leaked.