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White House seeks answers from China on U.S. woman detained in spy probe
Source: Reuters
US | Tue Sep 22, 2015 3:04pm EDT
White House seeks answers from China on U.S. woman detained in spy probe
BEIJING/AUSTIN, TEXAS | BY MEGHA RAJAGOPALAN AND JON HERSKOVITZ
The White House has contacted China's Foreign Ministry over the detention of an American businesswoman accused of spying, a spokesman said on Tuesday, in a case that blew up just as President Xi Jinping began a visit to the United States.
Sandy Phan-Gillis of Houston, Texas, has been held by Chinese authorities for about six months under suspicion of spying and stealing state secrets, according to a statement from her family released this week.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters it was "disconcerting" that many of the U.S. government's questions "have gone unanswered" by Chinese officials about the status of Phan-Gillis.
"This is something that the United States State Department has been working on for quite some time," Earnest said. "At this point, I certainly couldn’t rule out that it would come up in the conversation between the two leaders."
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White House seeks answers from China on U.S. woman detained in spy probe
BEIJING/AUSTIN, TEXAS | BY MEGHA RAJAGOPALAN AND JON HERSKOVITZ
The White House has contacted China's Foreign Ministry over the detention of an American businesswoman accused of spying, a spokesman said on Tuesday, in a case that blew up just as President Xi Jinping began a visit to the United States.
Sandy Phan-Gillis of Houston, Texas, has been held by Chinese authorities for about six months under suspicion of spying and stealing state secrets, according to a statement from her family released this week.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters it was "disconcerting" that many of the U.S. government's questions "have gone unanswered" by Chinese officials about the status of Phan-Gillis.
"This is something that the United States State Department has been working on for quite some time," Earnest said. "At this point, I certainly couldn’t rule out that it would come up in the conversation between the two leaders."
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/22/us-china-usa-security-idUSKCN0RM0QC20150922
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but China best not fuck with Obama.
