In exchange for the three American nationals citizens, The New York Times reported that one of the Chinese citizens released may be Xu Yanjun, an intelligence officer of China's Ministry of State Security. In addition to Xu Yanjun, Ji Chaoqun, a Chinese American who became a citizen throu
An intermediate court of China on Thursday denied the 'wrongfully detained' US national Mark Swidan's appeal, and upheld his death penalty with a two-year suspended death sentence, an official release of the US State Department said on Thursday.