China arrests US academic at conference for ‘espionage activities’

It is uncommon for Beijing to arrest a US citizen on national security allegations, and the case comes just a month after Donald Trump met the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, in Beijing as the two countries aim to reset their tumultuous relationship.

It’s also a month after a mayor in California was charged with “acting as an illegal agent of the People’s Republic of China.”.

It’s crazy that they mention a Trump trip and not an extremely similar thing that happened in the same month.