Key Facts

• Min Zin is a U.S. citizen who studies Myanmar and helped start the Institute for Strategy and Policy - Myanmar in 2016.
• He was arrested in China’s Yunnan province, which borders Myanmar.
• Chinese authorities suspect him of espionage and harming China’s national security.
• The U.S. consulate in Guangzhou has been notified about the detention.
• Min Zin took part in Myanmar’s 1988 democracy movement and studied political science at the University of California, Berkeley.
• China rarely detains U.S. citizens on national security charges.
• The arrest happened shortly after President Donald Trump met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing in May to improve U.S.-China relations.
• The situation is still developing and more information may come later.