The American who landed in China - and hasn't seen daylight since

An American citizen was arrested immediately after landing in China and is being held without charges on suspicion of espionage, in harsh conditions and without daylight. The US demands his release, and the case is expected to come up at the Trump-Xi meeting this month.

An American citizen, a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, was arrested immediately after landing in China and is being held without charges on suspicion of espionage. He is being held in a small, windowless room with lights on 24 hours a day and two guards watching him continuously. The Trump administration has declared him wrongfully detained and is calling on Beijing to release him. According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, US officials are unsure why he was arrested but assess that his past as a student activist in Myanmar and his academic work drew the attention of security services. He was invited to participate in an economic workshop by a Chinese professor. On the night of his arrest, his iPhone's location showed him about 64 kilometers southwest of the airport before the signal disappeared. A spokesman for the Chinese embassy in the US noted that he is subject to "criminal coercive measures" and is under investigation. In practice, he is being held under "residential surveillance at a designated location," a method that allows secret detention without charges for up to six months. He is interrogated daily for four to six hours and is not allowed to see sunlight. The case is expected to come up at the Trump-Xi meeting this month.