# Wife says Trump will ask Xi to help free detained scientist

https://mins.news/en/video/70150

- Reuters, 2026-09-23 06:58 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ey0z2DM4xA8

> The wife of U.S. scientist Youlin Chen, who is being detained in China, says President Donald Trump plans to ask Chinese President Xi Jinping to release him when they meet this week.

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