China denies report it may detain Americans, says US mistreats its scholars


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FM spokesperson Zhao Lijian says US is playing victim card by claiming foreign nationals in China are under threat Reuters October 19, 2020 Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian attends a news conference in Beijing, China September 10, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS BEIJING: China denied on Monday that foreign nationals are under threat of arbitrary detention, following a newspaper report that Beijing had warned Washington it might arrest Americans in China. The Chinese foreign ministry said it was Washington that was mistreating foreign citizens, accusing the United States of “outright political repression” of Chinese academics. “The US claim that foreign nationals...