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US Pastor Released from Chinese Custody After Nearly Two Decades

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David Lin, a 68-year-old U.S. citizen, was arrested in China in 2006 for attempting to build a Christian training center in Beijing. He was later sentenced to life in prison for contract fraud, a charge he denied. The U.S. government considered him one of three Americans "unjustly detained" by China, along with businessmen Kai Li and Mark Swidan, who remain behind bars. The State Department welcomed Lin's release, with a spokesman saying the U.S. had urged Beijing to release him for years. The Commission on Religious Freedom notes that contract fraud is a charge often used against house church leaders in China.

  1. US
    US Commission on International Religious Freedom
    1. Those who participate in and lead house churches often face intimidation, harassment, arrest, and harsh sentences.
  2. US
    US State Department
    1. The Campaign is pleased to see that the administration has acknowledged this but urges President Biden to back this up by acting quickly and decisively to build on the momentum of David's release and free Kai and Mark.
    2. We welcome David Lin's release from prison in the People's Republic of China. He has returned to the United States and now gets to see his family for the first time in nearly 20 years.
  3. US
    Michael McCaul
    Republican Party
    1. I am extremely glad to hear David Lin was freed.
    2. However, Kai Li and Texan Mark Swidan still remain CCP prisoners — and must be freed now.
    3. His capture, like so many others, marks a rising trend of hostage diplomacy by authoritarians around the world.

sources

  1. 1.CNN
  2. 2.The Washington Post
  3. 3.France 24
  4. 4.The New York Times
  5. 5.CTV News
  6. 6.Politico
  7. 7.Reuters
  8. 8.Times
  9. 9.Washington Post

perspectives

  1. 1.US Foreign Policy
  2. 2.Chinese Foreign Policy
  3. 3.US-China Relations
  4. 4.Catholic Church

countries

  1. 1.ChinaCN
  2. 2.Taiwan, Province of ChinaTW
  3. 3.United StatesUS

organizations

  1. 1.Dui Hua Foundation
  2. 2.Communist Party
  3. 3.US Commission on International Religious FreedomUS
  4. 4.US State DepartmentUS
  5. 5.White HouseUS
  6. 6.Bring Our Families Home Campaign
  7. 7.Chinese Communist PartyCN
  8. 8.US Senate Foreign Relations Committee

persons

  1. 1.David Lin
  2. 2.Kai Li
  3. 3.Mark Swidan
  4. 4.Jake SullivanUS
  5. 5.Xi JinpingCN
  6. 6.Joe BidenUS
  7. 7.Michael McCaulUS
  8. 8.Alice Lin
  9. 9.Anthony BlinkenUS
  10. 10.Vic Chiang
  11. 11.Vivian Wang
  12. 12.Young Kim

technicals

  1. 1.Christianity