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Chinese Court Upholds 8-year Sentence for American Citizen

The arrest of Chinese-American geologist Xue Feng on charges of violating state secrets has been a thorny issue for US-China relations ever since his arrest and  imprisonment three years ago. Recently, the Chinese courts have upheld his conviction despite the American government’s attempts to overturn it. From CNN: “I am extremely disappointed in the outcome although it wasn’t co