NYT > World News State Dept. Declares U.S. Citizen in China Wrongfully Detained Par : Karoun Demirjian 20 août 2026 à 10:59 U Min Zin, a scholar who studied Myanmar, is one of two U.S. citizens the department has designated as wrongfully detained in China. © Jade Gao/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesThe detained U.S. citizen U Min Zin disappeared in China’s Yunnan province after traveling there to attend an academic conference at the invitation of the Chinese government, according to the State Department.