Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a Cabinet meeting at Camp David.

    Rubio designates US scholar Min Zin wrongfully detained in China

    NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Trump administration has designated an American scholar detained in China as wrongfully held after he traveled there at Beijing’s invitation, escalating his case just weeks before President Donald Trump is set to host Chinese President Xi Jinping. Secretary of State Marco Rubio determined that U.S. citizen…

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    Michal Cizek/AFP via Getty Images, FILE - PHOTO: In this March 5, 2008, file photo, freedom activist Min Zin (far right) attends the Dissidents and Freedom forum at the Czech Foreign Ministry in Prague.

      China wrongfully detaining US citizen, State Department declares

      The State Department officially declared on Thursday that a U.S. citizen who was arrested by the Chinese government in June was wrongfully detained, and pushed for his immediate release. U Min Zin, a longtime scholar on the politics of Myanmar, traveled to Yunnan, China, at the invitation of the Chinese government and was arrested on…

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        American citizen pleads guilty to spying for Chinese intelligence in US

        NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An American citizen admitted to working on behalf of Chinese intelligence operatives for years, helping gather information on U.S. targets and attempting to penetrate American political circles, according to federal authorities. Thomas Weir Pauken II, 50, pleaded guilty Thursday to acting inside the U.S. as an agent…

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          Sanctioned Iranian ships leave Chinese chemical storage

          Two Iranian ships departed a Chinese chemical storage port this week, heading for Iran, according to a Washington Post analysis of ship-tracking data, satellite imagery, and Treasury Department records published on Sunday.  The ships, the Shabdis and the Barzin, are owned by the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines, a state-owned company which has been…

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          Megaport being built by China in Peru

            US warns Peru that China port control threatens national sovereignty

            NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The United States is warning Peru that China’s growing control over a major Pacific port could threaten the country’s sovereignty, escalating tensions over Beijing’s expanding footprint in Latin America. The concern centers on the $1.3 billion deep-water port in Chancay, north of Lima, which has become a…

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