CNN —Three Americans who had been detained in China for years have been released in a prisoner swap between Washington and Beijing.
On Wednesday, the US also lowered its travel advisory level to Level 2: Exercise increased caution for mainland China.
“Thanks to this Administration’s efforts and diplomacy with the PRC, all of the wrongfully detained Americans in the PRC are home,” the spokesperson said Wednesday.
Li and Swidan had been designated as wrongfully detained by the US State Department.
Another wrongfully detained American, David Lin, was freed from China in September.
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