The Chinese copped to being kidnappers with their actions:

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Link to tweet

US comes to a deferred prosecution agreement with Huawei executive. Canada releases her (Canada held her for extradition to the USA since 2018) and she takes chartered flight out of Canada. The two Michaels are released and fly out of China minutes later.

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1. Everybody knew. They Chinese kept mentioning the 2 cases together.

Here is the statement from U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of New York on Meng's release:
https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/huawei-cfo-wanzhou-meng-admits-misleading-global-financial-institution

Excerpt:
Under the terms of the DPA, Meng has agreed to the accuracy of a four-page statement of facts that details the knowing false statements she made to Financial Institution 1. Meng also has agreed not to commit other federal, state, or local crimes. If Meng breaches the agreement, she will be subject to prosecution of all of the charges against her in the third superseding indictment filed in this case. The government also agreed to withdraw its request to the Ministry of Justice of Canada that Meng be extradited to the United States.

Wikipedia page on Meng Wanzhou detailing the history of the case:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meng_Wanzhou