US citizen receives life sentence for spying in China.

A 78-year-old US citizen and permanent resident of Hong Kong has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a Chinese court for espionage. John Shing-wan Leung, who also holds a US passport, was detained by the counterintelligence agency in Suzhou in April 2021. The court statement did not provide further details on the charges. Relations between the US and China are strained over disputes on trade, technology, human rights, and territorial claims.