China detains US scientist who studied North Korea nuclear tests

The china update

Chen Youlin's family says he has been wrongfully detained for nearly two years on spying charges

The impact

The significance lies in what happens next: BBC notes that responses are already forming.

The china backdrop

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Our china read

Signal Ledger reads this through the lens of china, detains, scientist, studied, north: Chen Youlin's family says he has been wrongfully detained for nearly two years on spying charges.