Chinese President Xi Jinping inspects troops during a military parade to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the People's Liberation Army, at Zhurihe training base in Inner Mongolia on July 30, 2017. China's military has the "confidence and capability" to bolster the country's rise into a world power, Xi said

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KATSUJI NAKAZAWA, Nikkei senior staff writer

December 13, 2018 15:42 JST

TOKYO -- The woman tipped as a future leader of one of China's top technology companies smiled and gave a thumbs-up sign as a Vancouver judge granted her bail on Tuesday.

The arrest of Meng Wanzhou, daughter of Huawei Technologies founder Ren Zhengfei, had ignited an international furor. Canadian authorities detained her at the request of the U.S., on the same day that Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump were enjoying a sirloin steak dinner together at the G-20 leaders' meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina.