World · 20 August 2026

US declares China has wrongfully detained an American scholar on spying charges

Chinese authorities arrested Min Zin, an American citizen running a Myanmar-focused think tank, at a Yunnan airport in June. Beijing claims he was endangering national security, but the US State Department officially ruled on Thursday that he is being held wrongfully. The decision makes freeing him a key priority for Donald Trump just weeks before he hosts Chinese President Xi Jinping.

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