Alyssa Peterson and Jacob Harlan, who worked for US-based education company China Horizons, were detained in eastern China late last month and have been in contact with US officials, said foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang. China Horizons said in a social media post last week that the company has been operating in the country for 17 years and that it believed the charges were “bogus”. The US embassy in Beijing said it was aware of the detention of two citizens in China. In China, foreigners are required to hold a bachelor degree to obtain a work visa, though the rules are not widely enforced. Crowdfunding pages for Peterson and Harlan posted on a China Horizons’ social media site note that they helped U.S. college students acquire visas to teach English in China.

Source: bd News24 October 17, 2019 09:00 UTC