An American pastor who had been imprisoned in China for nearly 20 years was released unexpectedly on Sunday and has returned to the United States, according to the State Department.

A Chinese court sentenced U.S. pastor David Lin to life in prison in 2009, but he's been released ahead of China's Thanksgiving-like Mid-Autumn Festival.

The State Department said that 68-year-old David Lin is coming home after being arrested in China on vague contract charges that he and his family deny. He had been jailed there for 18 years.

China has released an American pastor jailed in the country since 2006, the US State Department confirmed on Sunday. David Lin, 68, from Orange County in California has “returned to the United ...

A pastor who the United States says was wrongfully detained in a Chinese prison for nearly two decades has been released, according to the State Department, ending a case that the Biden ...

China has freed David Lin, a U.S. pastor who had been in jail since 2006, the State Department said on Sunday, marking the release of a man who Washington claims was wrongfully detained.

An American pastor detained by China since 2006 on what the United States has called spurious charges has been freed, the State Department said Sunday. David Lin “has returned to the United ...

SINGAPORE—China is racing toward economic self-sufficiency by weaning itself off American technology. But it has made a critical exception for another national priority: public health.

The temporary lowering of tariffs may compel some U.S. businesses to order goods that they had held off buying after President Trump raised them to 145 percent.

China has exempted some U.S. imports that the country would struggle to immediately source elsewhere from its retaliatory tariffs, people familiar with the matter said. Those products include ...

Opinion Opinion The China threat was always real. The American response never was. U.S. policy is reactive and performative, but China is disciplined, coordinated and strategically patient.

A pastor who the United States says was wrongfully detained in a Chinese prison for nearly two decades has been released, according to the State Department, ending a case that the Biden ...