# Wife of US Burmese scholar jailed in China urges Trump to raise case with Xi

https://mins.news/en/item/63749

- BBC Chinese, 2026-09-18 05:50 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/articles/ck980qm3dl3go/trad?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Sylvia Zin, wife of Burmese-American scholar U Min Zin, urged Donald Trump to seek her husband’s release when he meets Xi Jinping at the White House next week. U Min Zin was arrested in Kunming on espionage and national-security charges, and she says she still cannot speak with him by phone.

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