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Thursday April 19 10:19 PM ET
China Detains An American, Accuses Him of Spying
By Jonathan Wright
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Chinese authorities have detained a U.S. citizen
of Chinese origin in the southern city of Guangzhou on suspicion of spying
for Taiwan, the State Department said on Thursday.
The man, Wu Jianming, was detained on April 8, and a U.S. consular officer
visited him on Saturday, State Department spokesman Richard Boucher told a
briefing.
``They've informed us that Mr. Wu is being investigated for alleged
espionage activities against China on behalf of Taiwan,'' he added. The
United States is concerned about the case, as it is about the detention of
another U.S. citizen and two Chinese citizens resident in the United States,
he said.
The case adds to the climate of suspicion between China and the United
States as Washington prepares to announce a decision next week on what
weapons it will sell to Taiwan.
The two countries, despite some progress in talks in Beijing on Thursday,
have still not settled a bitter dispute over the U.S. reconnaissance plane
that landed on Hainan Island on April 1 after colliding with a Chinese
plane.
Beijing angrily demanded on Thursday that the United States repatriate Zhang
Honggbao, the leader of the Chinese spiritual sect Zhong Gong, who is on
U.S. immigration parole. The Chinese accuse him of rape, fraud and
manslaughter.
The other detained U.S. citizen in China is Li Shaomin, who was teaching
business at the City University of Hong Kong and was held on Feb. 25 in the
southern city of Shenzhen.
The two Chinese with U.S. residence are Gao Zhan, who was teaching at
American University in Washington, and Qin Guangguang, who works for a U.S.
medical group and was detained in Beijing in December on suspicion of
leaking state secrets.
Warning To Critics
U.S. officials said they could release no other details about Wu because of
privacy legislation. In the case of the Chinese who are only permanent U.S.
residents, the Chinese authorities have no obligation to allow consular
access.
Boucher said that U.S. Embassy officials brought up the four cases at a
meeting in Beijing on Tuesday, as they have done repeatedly with similar
cases.
``We've made clear that we would like to see all these people released and
able to return home,'' he said. ``Some of them are being investigated, we
are told, for espionage, and some of them we just don't have much
information about.''
Earlier on Thursday, the State Department warned critics of the Chinese
government and other visitors to China that they risked detention by China's
secret police.
The warning, to Chinese-born U.S. citizens or permanent residents, said the
Ministry of State Security was apparently targeting those who had criticized
the government or visited Taiwan.
It said, ``The Department of State cautions Americans, especially Americans
originally from China, that there may be a risk of being detained upon
returning to China if they have at any time engaged in activities or
published writings critical of Chinese government policies.''
``In some cases, travel to Taiwan or involvement with Taiwan media
organizations has apparently also been regarded as the equivalent of
espionage by the MSS,'' it added.
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