Wife of US seismologist held in China says Trump will ask Xi to free him
What to know about Wife of US seismologist held in China says Trump will ask Xi to free him
Yufang Rong said she feared that Beijing planned to try her Chinese-born husband, Youlin Chen, on fabricated espionage charges even though his US-funded research was openly published, used publicly available data and was done in collaboration with Chinese…
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What happened
Yufang Rong said she feared that Beijing planned to try her Chinese-born husband, Youlin Chen, on fabricated espionage charges even though his US-funded research was openly published, used publicly available data and was done in collaboration with Chinese…
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Common ground
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Perspective signals
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Follow-up questions
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