{"id":19324,"date":"2024-11-27T22:44:29","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T22:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=19324"},"modified":"2024-11-27T22:44:29","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T22:44:29","slug":"white-house-trades-chinese-detainees-for-three-wrongfully-detained-americans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=19324","title":{"rendered":"White House trades Chinese detainees for three &#039;wrongfully&#039; detained Americans"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2 class=\"lead-content__sub-title\" itemprop=\"description\">According to a U.S. official, the Biden administration has brought up its issues with China in a number of meetings over the past few years, including when President Joe Biden spoke with Chinese President Xi Jinping earlier this month<\/h2>\n<div class=\"lead-content__lead-element lead-content__lead-element--image\">\n<div class=\"image image--wide\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"828694\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.themirror.com\/incoming\/article828694.ece\/ALTERNATES\/n615\/0_US-Secretary-Of-State-Antony-Blinken-Visits-Shanghai.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.themirror.com\/incoming\/article828694.ece\/ALTERNATES\/r250\/0_US-Secretary-Of-State-Antony-Blinken-Visits-Shanghai.jpg 250w, https:\/\/i2-prod.themirror.com\/incoming\/article828694.ece\/ALTERNATES\/r500\/0_US-Secretary-Of-State-Antony-Blinken-Visits-Shanghai.jpg 500w, https:\/\/i2-prod.themirror.com\/incoming\/article828694.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200d\/0_US-Secretary-Of-State-Antony-Blinken-Visits-Shanghai.jpg 1000w\" alt=\"The three prisoners are Mark Swidan, Kai Li and John Leung\" content=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.themirror.com\/incoming\/article828694.ece\/ALTERNATES\/n615\/0_US-Secretary-Of-State-Antony-Blinken-Visits-Shanghai.jpg\" width=\"160\" height=\"90\"\/><\/div><figcaption><span class=\"caption\" itemprop=\"description\">The three prisoners are Mark Swidan, Kai Li and John Leung<\/span><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"author\"> (<\/p>\n<p><span\/>Image: VCG via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><reach-inline-nav class=\"inline-article-nav \" data-source=\"inline-nav-source\"><\/p>\n<nav class=\"inline-nav\"\/><\/reach-inline-nav><\/div>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\"><!-- Article Start--><\/p>\n<p>The <a rel=\"Follow\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themirror.com\/all-about\/the-white-house\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" data-content-type=\"section-topic\">White House<\/a> announced an unusual diplomatic accord with Beijing in the last months of the Biden administration on Wednesday, announcing the <a rel=\"Follow\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themirror.com\/news\/us-news\/white-house-trades-chinese-detainees-828342\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" data-content-type=\"news\">release of three American citizens<\/a> who had been detained by China for years and their return to the US, according to Politico.<\/p>\n<p>The three are Mark Swidan, Kai Li and John Leung, all of whom had been designated by the U.S. government as wrongfully detained. Swidan had been facing a death sentence on <a rel=\"Follow\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themirror.com\/news\/us-news\/massachusetts-meth-fentanyl-kingpin-busted-613534\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" data-content-type=\"news\">drug charges<\/a> while Li and Leung were <a rel=\"Follow\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themirror.com\/news\/us-news\/germany-arrests-citizen-over-accusations-794914\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" data-content-type=\"news\">imprisoned on espionage charges<\/a>. &#8220;Soon they will return and be reunited with their families for the first time in many years,&#8221; the White House said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>A U.S. official said the Biden administration had raised their cases with China in multiple meetings over the last several years, including earlier this month when President Joe Biden spoke to Chinese president Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Peru.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-container\" data-redesign-embed=\"true\">\n<figure class=\"image--embedded\" data-orientation=\"landscape\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"828698\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.themirror.com\/incoming\/article828698.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_FILES-US-CHINA-DIPLOMACY-PRISONERS.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n<meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"615\"\/><br \/>\n<meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"410\"\/><br \/>\n<meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"The Biden administration had raised concerns with China in multiple meetings over the last few years\"\/><br \/>\n<meta itemprop=\"author\" content=\"(Image: AFP via Getty Images)\"\/><br \/>\n<amp-img class=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.themirror.com\/incoming\/article828698.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_FILES-US-CHINA-DIPLOMACY-PRISONERS.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.themirror.com\/incoming\/article828698.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/0_FILES-US-CHINA-DIPLOMACY-PRISONERS.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.themirror.com\/incoming\/article828698.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_FILES-US-CHINA-DIPLOMACY-PRISONERS.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.themirror.com\/incoming\/article828698.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_FILES-US-CHINA-DIPLOMACY-PRISONERS.jpg 1200w\" alt=\"US President Joe Biden greets Chinese President Xi Jinping before a meeting during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation\" content=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.themirror.com\/incoming\/article828698.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_FILES-US-CHINA-DIPLOMACY-PRISONERS.jpg\" layout=\"responsive\" width=\"615\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"828698\" height=\"410\"><\/p>\n<p><\/amp-img><br \/>\n<\/figure><figcaption class=\"image__caption--embedded\">\n<span class=\"caption\">The Biden administration had raised concerns with China in multiple meetings over the last few years<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"credit\"> (<\/p>\n<p>\n<span\/>Image:\n<\/p>\n<p>AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p>It comes after U.S. citizen David Lin was released in September as part of a similar swap agreement for an unnamed Chinese national who was imprisoned in the US.<\/p>\n<p>For President Joe Biden and negotiations in the office of the Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs, the release of Swidan, Li, and Leung represents a diplomatic triumph for the late administration. Additionally, it eliminates a long-standing issue in U.S.-China relations that has long drawn criticism on Capitol Hill. <\/p>\n<p>In a letter to Biden last month, Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) and Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) encouraged the administration to make sure that Li and Swidan&#8217;s release continues to be a diplomatic priority.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Click <\/i><\/b><b><i><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMNaI0wswpaTqAw?ceid=GB%3Aen&amp;oc=3\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/i><\/b><b><i> to follow the Mirror US on Google News to stay up to date with all the latest news, sports and entertainment stories<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-container\" data-redesign-embed=\"true\">\n<figure class=\"image--embedded\" data-orientation=\"portrait\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"828695\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.themirror.com\/incoming\/article828695.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_Flags.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n<meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"615\"\/><br \/>\n<meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"892\"\/><br \/>\n<meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"The newly-released men will probably be taken to the Brooke Army Medical Center\"\/><br \/>\n<meta itemprop=\"author\" content=\"(Image: AFP\/Getty Images)\"\/><br \/>\n<amp-img class=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.themirror.com\/incoming\/article828695.ece\/ALTERNATES\/n310p\/0_Flags.jpg\" alt=\"The newly-released men will probably be taken to the Brooke Army Medical Center\" content=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.themirror.com\/incoming\/article828695.ece\/ALTERNATES\/n310p\/0_Flags.jpg\" layout=\"responsive\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"828695\" width=\"310\" height=\"465\"><\/p>\n<p><\/amp-img><br \/>\n<\/figure><figcaption class=\"image__caption--embedded\">\n<span class=\"caption\">The newly-released men will probably be taken to the Brooke Army Medical Center<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"credit\"> (<\/p>\n<p>\n<span\/>Image:\n<\/p>\n<p>AFP\/Getty Images)<\/span><br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p>Under the State Department&#8217;s Office of the Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs, the administration has repatriated over 70 Americans from nations such as Iran, Venezuela, and Russia in the last four years. <\/p>\n<p>According to the senior administration official, the three men should return to the US &#8220;in a few hours.&#8221; They will probably be taken to the Brooke Army Medical Center, which is located south of San Antonio, Texas, upon arrival. This facility has the capacity to assess former captives psychologically and get them ready for reintegration into American society.<\/p>\n<div class=\"factbox\" data-redesign-embed=\"true\">\n<div class=\"factbox__content\">\n<p><b>DAILY NEWSLETTER: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themirror.com\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=ab05ec34-5eed-44b8-861e-5fa7078535c3&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"Follow\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" data-content-type=\"section\">Sign up here<\/a> to get the latest news and updates from the Mirror US straight to your inbox with our FREE newsletter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to the source, the publication is the culmination of &#8220;years of work.&#8221; &#8220;Jake Sullivan brought this up when he was in Beijing [in September], and President Biden brought it up when he met with President Xi in Peru two weeks ago. 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