Here’s what else is happening

Warning to Beijing: More than 100 prominent scholars and former diplomats, including two former U.S. ambassadors, signed an open letter cautioning that the detention of two Canadians threatens the flow of ideas with China essential for policy work and research aimed at narrowing international rifts. The letter calls for the immediate release of the Canadians, who were detained last month after Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Huawei, was arrested in Canada.

Crackdown on young communists: Chinese activists say the authorities have been forcing them to watch taped confessions from fellow student activists who say they spread false information and violated the law. It’s the government’s latest effort to quell a resilient pro-labor movement fed by the ideas of Mao, Marx and Lenin, which are required subjects at China’s universities.

Genetically edited babies: He Jiankui, the Chinese scientist who said in November that he had used the Crispr gene-editing technique to alter human embryos, “seriously violated” state regulations, according to an initial government report. The findings indicate that he and his collaborators are likely to face criminal charges.

Carlos Ghosn: The former chairman of Nissan, who has been charged with financial misconduct, offered a higher bail amount and pledged to hire private security guards in a bid to be freed from jail. A Tokyo court is expected to rule this week.

Google: French authorities fined Google about $57 million for not properly telling users how it collects data across its services, including its search engine, Google Maps and YouTube, to present personalized advertisements. It is the largest penalty to date under the E.U.’s privacy law known as G.D.P.R.