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Passengers seen arriving in 2022 at Kunming Changshui International Airport, in China's southwestern Yunnan province, where U.S. citizen Min Zin was said to be detained last week, according to people familiar with the arrest.
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China arrests a U.S. scholar with a history of Myanmar activism, suspected of spying
Wai Moe, Michael Sullivan
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