Meng Wanzhou · Full chronicle and history

On the evening of October 31, a Halloween event was held in Hong Kong. Meng Wanzhou appeared at the scene and waved to the public.

On October 31, the WeChat official account "Hard Tech Soft Talk" published an article titled "Meng Wanzhou: From Switchboard Operator to Rotating Chairwoman, 32 Years, Relying on Systems, Not Bloodline." In the comments section, netizens used the plot from the movie "Hi, Mom"—where the factory director's son works as a broadcaster—to mock the claim.

On October 9, netizens found that the Vancouver villa where Meng Wanzhou was placed under house arrest after her detention in 2018 is marked on Google Maps as "Meng Wanzhou's Grand Villa," with the English name Huawei's Princess Villa and the category listed as a shrine, prompting ridicule.

According to an ICIJ investigation, days after Meng Wanzhou was indicted by the United States in February 2019, ICBC's London branch urgently convened nine employees on a Saturday, bypassing internal compliance procedures to remit more than $1.3 billion in Huawei deposits back to China; compliance officers raised risk warnings, but the Beijing headquarters insisted on proceeding with the transaction.

From September 13, rumors spread on the X platform that Ren Zhengfei and Meng Wanzhou's family had fled China, accompanied by screenshots showing that Huawei could not reach Ren Zhengfei internally, surveillance footage of a minivan driving away from the residence, and videos of armed police surrounding Huawei's headquarters; these were later republished by Taiwanese and Malaysian media and spread to Douyin.

Rumors online claim that Ren Zhengfei and Meng Wanzhou fled the country by sea. The news has been out for six or seven days, yet neither Ren Zhengfei nor Meng Wanzhou has appeared in public, and Huawei has not issued a denial, sparking speculation outside the company.

In mid-September, during Xi Jinping's visit to India, overseas Chinese social media platforms were flooded with claims that Ren Zhengfei, Meng Wanzhou, and more than ten other family members had gone missing and might have fled to a small island overseas via Shenzhen's Dapeng Peninsula. Screenshots purporting to be internal Huawei conversations and videos allegedly showing armed police surrounding Huawei's Shenzhen headquarters also circulated. Huawei has not responded publicly.

Judge Donnelly of the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York ruled that a four-page statement signed by Meng Wanzhou in 2021 can be used as evidence against Huawei in the criminal trial beginning September 8.

Judge Donnelly of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York issued a ruling allowing a four-page statement signed by Meng Wanzhou in 2021 to be used as evidence against Huawei in its criminal trial starting September 8.

On June 17, Judge Donnelly of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York ruled that prosecutors may use the four-page statement of facts signed by Meng Wanzhou under the deferred prosecution agreement in the Huawei trial; Huawei objected on the grounds that the company had not signed it and that Meng Wanzhou could not be cross-examined.

On February 22, a netizen posted a video of Meng Wanzhou returning to China, after which the bullet chats were flooded with comments such as "making a fool of herself" and "the thief is back."

In December 2025, netizens re-uploaded the CCTV video from that year welcoming Meng Wanzhou back to China, leading netizens to jokingly refer to it as 'Ms. Meng of Canada visits the mainland.'

Meng Wanzhou landed at Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport on a Chinese government chartered flight; on the same day, two Canadian citizens, Michael, who had been detained by China, were released and boarded a flight back to Toronto.

Meng Wanzhou returned to China on a government chartered flight, with CCTV broadcasting the event live. At the airport, she stated that the motherland is the strongest backing.

Meng Wanzhou signed a deferred prosecution agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice and signed a four-page statement of facts, admitting to making false statements to HSBC in Hong Kong in 2013.

In September 2021, Meng Wanzhou flew from Vancouver back to China; on the same day, two Canadians detained by China were also released and left, with both sides seen as a prisoner swap.

In September 2020, Meng Wanzhou signed a deferred prosecution agreement with U.S. prosecutors and a four-page statement of facts; on December 2 of the same year, the court formally dropped the personal charges against her, and she was no longer a defendant.

The previously sealed indictment has been officially unsealed, and the US government has publicly announced a lawsuit against Huawei.

Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou was criminally arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police upon arriving at Vancouver on a flight from Hong Kong for a transfer, pursuant to a provisional U.S. extradition request.

Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou was arrested in Vancouver, Canada. On the same day, the CCP arrested two Canadians, Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, on charges of espionage.

In 2013, while Iran was under international sanctions, Huawei smuggled equipment through Xintong, a shell company in Iran, whose employees used Huawei email addresses and ID badges. Meng Wanzhou later confessed to this matter in exchange for an agreement not to be prosecuted.