(Washington Composite Electric) China has released a US priest who has been detained for nearly 20 years, showing that Beijing's critical moment in Sino -US relations show goodwill.
Comprehensive Bloomberg, Agence France -Presse and Reuters reported that the US State Department spokesman Sunday (September 15) said: "We welcome David Lin (transliteration, David Lin) from the prison of the People's Republic of China.This is the first time he has met his family in the past 20 years.
David Lin's daughter, Alice, told the US Political News Network Politico that her father would arrive in San Antonio, Sexus."Our joy is not a word that we can make up for many of the time we lost."
U.S. media reports that 68 -year -old Lin David has been sentenced to life imprisonment by Beijing for contract fraud since 2006.
In November last year, the chairman of the US Senate Foreign Affairs committee urged President Biden to use the opportunities to meet with Chinese officials to promote Beijing to release Lin David, Chinese businessman Li Kai and Texas businessman Mark Swidan.
Washington claims that the three were detained by mistake; Beijing said that such cases were dealt with in accordance with the law.
David Lin was originally scheduled to be released until December 2029, and the U.S. Congress will hold a hearing on Wednesday (September 18) to ensure that the American personnel will be held freely in China.
David Lin was unexpectedly released in advance, showing that Beijing's critical moment in Sino -US relations, especially before the US presidential election in November, showed goodwill.
According to Reuters, the US ambassador to China Burns visited three American citizens imprisoned by China last March.He went to Shanghai Prison to visit Li Kai, who was detained by the Chinese government in 2016 and was sentenced to 10 years in 2018 for 10 years for spy. He also visited SwineDavid Lin, who was detained.
