Qu Hua, the wife of Wang Xiyue, a Princeton University graduate student held at an Iranian prison on espionage charges, spoke on Thursday in Washington at a news conference to mark the third anniversary of her husband's imprisonment. Photo: AP Qu Hua, the wife of Wang Xiyue, a Princeton University graduate student held at an Iranian prison on espionage charges, spoke on Thursday in Washington at a news conference to mark the third anniversary of her husband's imprisonment. Photo: AP
Qu Hua, the wife of Wang Xiyue, a Princeton University graduate student held at an Iranian prison on espionage charges, spoke on Thursday in Washington at a news conference to mark the third anniversary of her husband's imprisonment. Photo: AP
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Despite tensions with US, China is said to maintain offer to help in case of scholar held in Iran

  • On the third anniversary of Wang Xiyue’s imprisonment on espionage charges, his wife, Qu Hua, says she is grateful for Beijing’s ‘support and guidance’
  • Qu receives briefings from US State Department, but says, ‘I’m not aware that anything has been done to find a solution’ for Wang’s release

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Owen Churchill
Owen Churchill

Updated: 10:05pm, 9 Aug, 2019

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Qu Hua, the wife of Wang Xiyue, a Princeton University graduate student held at an Iranian prison on espionage charges, spoke on Thursday in Washington at a news conference to mark the third anniversary of her husband's imprisonment. Photo: AP Qu Hua, the wife of Wang Xiyue, a Princeton University graduate student held at an Iranian prison on espionage charges, spoke on Thursday in Washington at a news conference to mark the third anniversary of her husband's imprisonment. Photo: AP
Qu Hua, the wife of Wang Xiyue, a Princeton University graduate student held at an Iranian prison on espionage charges, spoke on Thursday in Washington at a news conference to mark the third anniversary of her husband's imprisonment. Photo: AP
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