The Two Michaels
Innocent Canadian Captives and High Stakes Espionage in the US-China Cyber War

I don’t often read non-fiction, preferring instead the narrative arc of fiction. This book, however, does a really wonderful job of employing simple storytelling techniques - engaging quotes, anecdotes about political gaffes, and first hand accounts form many of the players involved - to deliver a c......more

Excellent political book, really interesting read. Great book on foreign policy. Learned a lot. A lot of the book covers Meng and the accounts that led to the two Michaels being held captive. I found the journalism by Blanchfield very well done. The research and the recommendations and points were ver......more

I read this while travelling through China on vacation, and finished it on my exit flight out. To this day, Canada cautions its citizens (like myself) that they are at risk of arbitrary detention if they go to China, so going through airport security is more stressful than it usual was for me. In fa......more

A compelling narration of one of Canada's most serious hostage crisis. To my mind, this incident was as much of a violation as the Iran hostage crisis of 1979, even though there were only two hostages involved. This was purely a revenge against Canada's holding of Meng Wahzhou, a genuine criminal who......more

This book was meticulously and thoroughly research but not a slow difficult read, as might be expected from this type of book. It reinforces the challenges faced by global citizens in a world where everyone has a different playbook; moreover, Canada's politics are certainly not those of the U.S. or......more