China holds Canadian coffee shop owners over espionage

The Canadian owners of a coffee shop in Dandong, China, are being investigated for espionage, Financial Times reported, citing Xinhua. Kevin and Julie Dawn Garratt’s shop overlooked a bridge running across the Yalu River to North Korea, site of frequent Chinese military traffic. The Xinhua report did not say whether the couple had been detained but their son told the BBC that he had not been able to contact his parents since Monday. The Chinese investigation appeared to be a response to an announcement by the Canadian government last week that its National Research Council had been hacked by the Chinese government.