# Wife campaigns for release of U.S. scholar Min Zin, whom Washington calls ‘wrongfully detained’ in China

https://mins.news/en/video/69801

- VOA Chinese, 2026-09-23 00:00 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOOqyKkNlyo

> As a U.S.-China leaders’ summit approaches, Sylvia Zin is campaigning in Washington for the release of her Burmese American scholar husband, Min Zin, whom the United States says is being wrongfully detained in China. She urged President Donald Trump to raise his case at the summit until he can safely return home.

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