China rejects Rubio's accusation it wrongfully detained US academic

US-China tensionsState Department vows to advocate for Myanmar scholar Min ZinU.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio walks outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing during a summit on May 14. Rubio has determined that China "wrongfully detained" an American citizen, academic Min Zin. © ReutersJAMES HAND-CUKIERMANAug

The US State Department said on Thursday that it had determined after a detailed investigation that Min Zin, an American political analyst of Chinese descent detained by Beijing last month, was being improperly held. That formal designation shifts the case from a State Department consular issue to one handled by its pr

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that U.S. citizen Min Zin is being wrongfully detained in China after he was arrested there.

The Trump administration designated Min Zin as wrongfully detained in China weeks before President Donald Trump is set to host Xi Jinping at the White House.