U.S. designates American citizen held by China as wrongfully detained
Min Zin is the second American academic to be designated as wrongfully detained in recent months.
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China wrongfully detaining US citizen, State Department declares(opens original report in a new tab)The State Department said Thursday that an American citizen who traveled to China has been illegally detained by their government. — ABC News
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