Rubio Designates Min Zin Wrongfully Detained in China Ahead of Sept. 24 Trump-Xi Meeting
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 20
Rubio Designates Min Zin Wrongfully Detained in China Ahead of Sept. 24 Trump-Xi Meeting
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 20
Summary
Nearly 11 weeks after his June 3 detention, the State Department elevated Min Zin’s case, saying the U.S. scholar was seized on arrival in Yunnan after traveling to a Chinese government-invited academic conference.
State Department officials said Zin was detained at the airport, repeatedly interrogated and held in isolation, with his family and colleagues unable to locate him for 48 hours.
China later told the U.S. Embassy he was under criminal investigation for endangering national security; Beijing has publicly accused him of spying and rejects the U.S. concept of wrongful detention.
The designation makes Zin one of two U.S. citizens Washington considers wrongfully detained in China and is expected to draw added diplomatic resources as Xi prepares for a Sept. 24 White House visit.