 Two Chinese men that were living in Canada at the time, including Zhao's boyfriend, were arrested in China and charged by a Beijing court for Zhao's murder, with one being acquitted and one sentenced to 7-years imprisonment.Amanda Zhao's murder and the subsequent investigation highlighted issues with the co-operation of Canada and China in matters of justice, and issues of jurisdiction within Canadian law enforcement.Amanda Zhao Wei () was born in c. 1981 in the People's Republic of China, was a Chinese national, and at the time of her death a 21-year-old international student studying English at Coquitlam College located in Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada, near the city of Vancouver.