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A Chinese member of staff at the US news outlet’s bureau in Beijing, Fan was detained in December 2020, a few months after Australian TV anchor Cheng Lei was detained on similar charges. According to a statement on the Chinese embassy in Washington website dated last month, authorities have released her although she remains under investigation pending trial. “At the request of Fan’s lawyer, China’s state security authority decided to release her on bail in January 2022,” the statement said. Bloomberg News said in a Tuesday news report it was only made aware of the statement last weekend, and had...
