Source: China – South China Morning PostA Chinese court has sentenced Canadian businessman Michael Spavor to a harsher-than-expected 11 years in prison for espionage, five months after a closed hearing in a case that helped plunge China-Canada relations to their lowest point in decades.Spavor was found guilty of “spying and illegal provision of state secrets abroad” by the Liaoning court on Wednesday, and will also be fined 50,000 yuan (US$7,700) and deported. He will have 10 days to appeal.The verdict came the day after a Chinese…Read More