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Politics● Elevated51m ago · Nov 15, 2026, 11:00 AM

China stonewalls on cases of detained Americans, despite personal appeal from Trump

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from The Hill · East Asia

China has failed to engage with the U.S. over the fate of two Americans unjustly detained in the country, despite multiple personal appeals from President Trump and positive signals from Chinese President Xi Jinping. The lack of engagement on the Chinese side is out of character, according to sources close to the cases. The two…

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