China Confirms Arrest of American Citizen on Spying Charges

China has arrested a US scholar who writes about Myanmar and Chinese foreign policy on suspicion of spying.

The detention comes just weeks after US President Donald Trump's visit to Beijing with Chinese President Xi Jinping, where the US leader received a grand welcome.

He disappeared on June 3 while in Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province, which borders Myanmar.

Min Zin, executive director of the Institute for Strategy and Policy (ISP) – Myanmar, was detained after arriving in Kunming, southwest China.