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Journalist Reappears in China Under Police Detention

Last month, former Southern Metropolis Daily columnist Li Xin went missing after traveling to Thailand, from where he planned to seek asylum in the U.S. Li had left China after revealing that he had been coerced into become a police informant to report on fellow journalists. Li’s wife, He Fangmei, says she received a phone call from Li, who said he is in China under police detention. AP reports: Li fled China in October and told the AP in an interview from India that he left