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Q: How likely is it that foreign governments extradite their own citizens to China?
I was reading about the French architect connected to Bo Xilai who was arrested in Cambodia. Apparently, the French are really uncertain what to do here. The guy's being held at the French embassy in Cambodia and China's demanding that they hand him over, as he committed 'crimes' related to the whole Bo Xilai affair. What crimes? No one knows...
Has this ever happened before? A Western government extraditing one of their own citizens to China?
I think it all depends on whether the countries concerned have extradition treaties. Even if they have a treaty then from what I understand the country which wishes to bring a foreign national from there own country (or embassy which is effectively the same thing) has to apply through the courts with details of the charges.
From this it appears that Spain is the only "Western" country which has such a treaty with China so I think the French guy is fine as long as he stays out of any of the countries with a treaty.
The attached story does talk about a Chinese national repatriated from the US to face charges in China but fails to give detail on how it happened.
