U.S. Designates American Citizen Min Zin, Held by China, as Wrongfully Detained

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U.S. citizen Min Zin has been formally designated as wrongfully detained by China by the U.S. State Department.
Min Zin was detained on June 3rd in Yunnan province, China, while attending an academic conference.
China accuses Min Zin of espionage and endangering national security; his family denies these claims.
Min Zin is the founder and executive director of the Institute for Strategy and Policy - Myanmar and a Ph.D. candidate at UC Berkeley.
This is the second American academic designated as wrongfully detained in recent months, following Dr. Youlin Chen.

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