Wife of US scholar jailed in China asks Trump to raise arrest at Xi meeting
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The wife of a US scholar imprisoned in China on charges of spying and endangering national security has asked President Donald Trump to secure his release when he meets Chinese President Xi Jinping at the White House next week.
一名被指控从事间谍活动和危害国家安全的美国学者的妻子已要求唐纳德特朗普总统在下周在白宫会见中国国家主席习近平时获得释放。
U Min Zin, the director at a think tank focused on Myanmar, was arrested on 3 June after travelling to the Chinese city of Kunming for an academic conference.
6月3日，一个以缅甸为重点的智库的主任U Min Zin前往中国昆明参加学术会议后被捕。
"I'm deeply hopeful that President Trump will raise my husband's case with President Xi Jinping at the summit next week," his wife, Sylvia Zin, testified to Congress on Wednesday.
"我非常希望特朗普总统将在下周的峰会上向习近平主席提出我丈夫的情况，"他的妻子西尔维亚*津周三向国会作证。
Xi is due to arrive for a state visit to Washington DC on Wednesday. It comes after Xi hosted Trump for a visit to Beijing in May.
习近平将于周三抵达华盛顿进行国事访问。 这是在习近平5月份接待特朗普访问北京之后。
Ahead of the meeting, families of prisoners being held in China have travelled to the US capital to advocate for their release.
在这次会议之前，被关押在中国的囚犯家属已经前往美国首都倡导释放他们。
Sylvia Zin appeared before the House Foreign Affairs Committee East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee on Wednesday for a hearing titled Lives, Not Leverage: The Long Arm of China and North Korea's Repression.
Sylvia Zin周三出现在众议院外交事务委员会东亚和太平洋小组委员会的听证会上，参加了题为"生命，而不是杠杆：中国和朝鲜镇压的长臂"的听证会。
In her remarks, Zin said she believed Trump would also be able to secure the release of Chen Youlin, a US seismologist who tracks nuclear tests that has been held in prison in China for two years.
在她的讲话中，Zin表示，她相信特朗普也将能够确保释放陈友林，陈友林是一名美国地震学家，他追踪在中国监狱进行了两年的核试验。
"Knowing the president's historic record on bringing wrongfully detained Americans home has reassured me that he will also be able to secure the swift release of Min Zin and other wrongfully detained citizens," she said.
她说："了解总统关于将被错误拘留的美国人带回家的历史记录，让我放心，他也将能够确保迅速释放敏津和其他被错误拘留的公民。"
Congresswoman Young Kim, the chairwoman of the subcommittee, opened the hearing by warning Americans: "If you travel to China, Beijing may take you hostage as leverage in diplomatic negotiation."
小组委员会主席杨金议员在听证会开始时警告美国人："如果你到中国旅行，北京可能会把你作为外交谈判的筹码。"
Speaking about Zin's arrest, she added: "Beijing wanted to send a message to those whose research inconvenienced it, and detained Mr Zin ahead of the upcoming Trump-Xi summit."
在谈到Zin被捕时，她补充说："北京希望向那些研究给其带来不便的人发出信息，并在即将到来的特朗普-习近平峰会之前拘留了Zin先生。"
Min Zin, a student activist during Myanmar's 1988 pro-democracy movement, directs the Myanmar Institute for Strategic and Policy Studies (ISP-Myanmar), a think tank that studies China's role in Myanmar, including Chinese interests, relations, and regional influence.
Min Zin是缅甸1988年民主运动期间的学生活动家，他领导着缅甸战略和政策研究所（ISP-缅甸），这是一个研究中国在缅甸的角色，包括中国的利益、关系和地区影响的智库。
The son of Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai also appeared on Capitol Hill to call on Trump to secure his father's release. The US president previously raised the case with Xi, telling reporters that his Chinese counterpart "told me that would be a tough one".
香港媒体大亨Jimmy Lai的儿子也出现在国会山，呼吁特朗普确保父亲获释。 这位美国总统此前曾向习近平提出此案，他告诉记者，他的中国同行"告诉我，这将是一个艰难的问题"。
Asked for comment on Thursday, a senior White House official, speaking anonymously, told the BBC: "Resolving the wrongful detentions of US citizens is always a top priority for the President."
被问及周四发表评论时，一位白宫高级官员匿名发言，告诉英国广播公司："解决美国公民的非法拘留始终是总统的首要任务。"
China detains US scientist who studied North Korea nuclear tests China arrests US scholar suspected of spying Last month, the US State Department said that two Americans - U Min Zin and Chen Youlin - were being "wrongfully detained" in China.
中国扣留研究朝鲜核试验的美国科学家 中国逮捕美国学者涉嫌间谍活动 上个月，美国国务院表示，两名美国人-U Min Zin和陈友林-在中国被"错误拘留"。
This designation in the US allows the cases to be transferred to the office of the Special Envoy for Hostage Affairs - raising the profile of each case and allowing the US government to allocate more resources to securing their release.
美国的这一指定允许案件转移到人质事务特使办公室-提高每起案件的知名度，并允许美国政府分配更多资源以确保释放他们。
Zin, who lives in Thailand, told the committee on Wednesday that she has not yet been able to speak to her husband in jail, "so every month, we anxiously await his consular visits because they reassure us that he is alive".
住在泰国的Zin周三告诉委员会，她还没有能够与她在监狱里的丈夫交谈，"所以每个月，我们都焦急地等待他的领事访问，因为他们向我们保证他还活着"。
Zin said US officials had told her that Min Zin was being subjected to up to six hours of interrogations each day when he first arrived in jail.
Zin说，美国官员告诉她，Min Zin刚到监狱时，每天都要接受长达六个小时的审讯。
"I'm trying to be strong for our daughter, but I'm constantly wondering if he's OK and how to get him back home to us," she said.
"我试图为我们的女儿坚强，但我一直在想他是否没事，以及如何让他回到我们身边，"她说。
Last time Trump and Xi formally met, Trump pressed for the return of another American in jail.
上次特朗普和习近平正式会面时，特朗普要求另一名在狱中的美国人返回。
Underground church leader Jin Mingri was freed two months after Trump's request.
地下教会领袖金明日在特朗普要求两个月后获释。
Chinese underground church figure Jin Mingri freed from prison This billionaire tested China's limits. It cost him his freedom
中国地下教会人物金明日获释出狱 这位亿万富翁测试了中国的极限。 这让他失去了自由
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