Three Americans detained in China coming home after deal with Biden: report

The White House is reporting that three Americans who were being held in China are coming home after a deal with President Joe Biden's administration.

Both MSNBC and the Washington Post said that there are unconfirmed reports that the release is part of a prisoner swap.

Mark Swidan, Kai Li, and John Leung are already on their way back to the United States after being imprisoned in China, the White House said.

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“Soon they will return and be reunited with their families for the first time in many years,” the statement said.

The move means that there are no other Americans wrongfully detained in China, according to news reports.

Texas-based Swidan spent over a decade in a Chinese prison after being accused of drug-related offenses, which he continues to deny.

Li was captured by the government upon a trip to China and accused of espionage. A naturalized citizen, Li, too, maintained his innocence.

Like Swindan, Leung worked as an American businessman, but he had a permanent residency in Hong Kong. He was sentenced to life in prison for espionage in 2023.

The administration has been engaged in an ongoing effort to bring Americans home from around the world who the administration says were being wrongfully detained.