Newsom's Upcoming China Trip Raises Hope and Concern for Jailed American Pastor
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David Lin, a 67-year-old Californian pastor, has been imprisoned in China since 2006 on contract fraud charges the US says are bogus.
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Lin's daughter hopes Gov. Newsom will press Chinese officials to release her father when he travels there next week.
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Newsom's trip is focused on climate change, not human rights, worrying advocates that Lin will be forgotten.
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China hawks in Congress want Newsom to demand China release unjustly jailed Americans like Lin.
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A failure by Newsom to raise Lin's case will likely surprise and disappoint his Chinese hosts.