The State Department announced the release of Mark Swidan, Kai Li and John Leung. A U.S. government official told NBC News the three were exchanged for two Chinese detainees.

WASHINGTON--Three American citizens imprisoned for years by China have been released and are returning to the United States, the White House said Wednesday, announcing a rare diplomatic agreement with Beijing in the final months of the Biden administration.

Three Americans who had been detained in China for years have been released in a prisoner swap between Washington and Beijing.

Taiwan’s military deployed aircraft, ships and air defense missile systems in a drill on Thursday, as China maintains pressure on Taipei to accept Beijing’s claims of sovereignty over the island. China and Taiwan have been ruled separately since 1949,

Taiwan's military held an early morning air defence drill on Thursday to test its response and engagement procedures, ahead of a trip by President Lai Ching-te at the end of the week to the Pacific that will include U.

Earlier this year, the U.S. blocked imports of several Porsche, Bentley, and Audi vehicles amid concerns that they contained a Chinese-made part that violated U.S. forced labor laws.