A plane with three American citizens, Mark Swidan, Kai Li and John Leung, who were imprisoned for years by China, arrives at Joint Base San Antonio Lackland, in San Antonio, Nov. 27, 2024.
Three American citizens jailed for years in China arrived in the United States late Wednesday as part of a prisoner swap between Washington and Beijing.
The swap, which the White House announced earlier Wednesday, marked a rare diplomatic agreement between the United States and China as U.S. President Joe Biden’s tenure comes to a close.
Beijing announced Thursday that the United States has returned four people to China, including at least three Chinese citizens whom Beijing said were held for “political purposes.” The fourth was an individual sought by Beijing for crimes who had been living in the United States.
The Chinese government did not identify the four people.
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