US citizen sentenced to life in Chinese prison for espionage.

A 78-year-old US citizen and permanent resident in Hong Kong, John Shing-Wan Leung, has been sentenced to life imprisonment on spying charges by a Chinese court in Suzhou. The court did not provide any further details on the allegations against him. Closed door trials are common in China, and few details are usually made public for sensitive cases such as those involving espionage charges. The jailing is likely to further strain relations between China and the US.