中国已经敦促美国和加拿大对扣留华为首席财务官孟晚舟的理由作出阐明。
China has urged the US and Canada to "clarify" the arrest of Meng Wanzhou, Huawei's chief financial officer.
这家中国电信巨头创始人的女儿于12月1日在温哥华被逮捕，并有可能会被引渡到美国。
The daughter of the founder of the Chinese telecoms giant was arrested in Vancouver on 1 December and could face extradition to the US.
逮捕的细节尚未被公布，但美国一直在调查华为是否违反了对伊朗的制裁条约。
Details of the arrest have not been released but the US has been investigating Huawei over possible violation of sanctions against Iran.
中国方面要求释放孟晚舟，称对她的拘留可能是对人权的侵犯。
China demanded her release, saying her detention was possibly a rights abuse.
华为是全球最大的电信设备和服务提供商之一，最近超越了苹果，成为仅次于三星的第二大智能手机制造商。
Huawei is one of the largest telecommunications equipment and services providers in the world, recently passing Apple to become the second-biggest smartphone maker after Samsung.
华为表示，该公司对这些指控知之甚少，“不知道孟晚舟有何不当的行为”。
Huawei said it had little information about the charges and was "not aware of any wrongdoing by Ms Meng".