Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou and her homeland are celebrating their journey home after being released from detention in Canada on Friday.

"The closer we get to home, the more emotional I feel, tears well up in my eyes," Meng wrote on a non-public WeChat account, according to a CNN report.

"I thank my beloved homeland and I thank the party and the government ... for giving me light in the darkest hours." Under the leadership of the Communist Party, the "homeland" is moving towards "prosperity", so Meng.

The Chinese government's mouthpiece, Global Times, described the news of Meng's flight home as "great news."

Oliver Kühn

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Meng Wanzhou reached an agreement with the New York prosecutor on Friday.

The prosecutors will then drop their charges against Huawei's CFO on December 1, 2022, as long as she adheres to the agreement until then.

Meng had pleaded not guilty at the meeting in the Brooklyn court at which she was digitally connected, but indirectly admitted to having misled a bank about illegal business in Iran by calling the allegations presented to it true recognized.

Meng is said to have undermined sanctions against Iran

Meng Wanzhou was arrested in December 2018 in Vancouver, Canada, during a stopover on a trip to Mexico, due to an extradition request by the United States.

However, the daughter of the Huawei founder was allowed to leave the prison on bail and retire to her luxury property in the city.

She was also allowed to move freely in three districts of Vancouver, although she had to wear an ankle cuff for surveillance and be accompanied by a security service - for the costs of which she had to pay herself.

The United States mainly accused Meng of bank fraud to circumvent the sanctions against Iran.

For example, she gave false information to four banks in order to circumvent the international sanctions against Tehran with the Huawei subsidiary Skycom.

Shortly after Meng's arrest, China arrested former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig and Canadian businessman Michael Spavor on flimsy allegations of espionage. The Chinese leadership repeatedly denied a direct connection, but like they also pointed out, the problem could be solved quickly by Canada. Thus Beijing tried to put pressure on Ottawa not to grant the American extradition request. Both Canadians have been found guilty of trials in China. Spavor was sentenced to 11 years in prison last month and the length of Kovrig's sentence has not yet been determined.

After it became known on Friday that Meng Wanzhou was on his way home, China also let the two Canadians leave the country. "These two went through an incredibly difficult time," said Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday evening. “They have shown strength, perseverance, resilience and dignity over the past thousand days and we are all inspired by them,” Trudeau continued. The Canadian head of government had been severely criticized in recent years for not bringing the two men home early. Trudeau always referred to the independence of the judiciary.

It is questionable, however, whether Meng Wanzhou's return home will lead to better relations between China and the United States.

Just over a week ago, President Joe Biden announced the establishment of a new security pact with Great Britain and Australia, which should lead to Canberra receiving nuclear-powered submarines.

China saw this as directed against itself.

On Friday, Biden also met with the other heads of state and government of the so-called quad states - the US, Japan, India, Australia - in the White House.

There they emphasized freedom and security in the Indo-Pacific region.

Beijing reacted angrily to this, too.

The quad states are a "closed, exclusive clique that is directed against other countries," said the Chinese Foreign Ministry.