Three American citizens imprisoned for years by China have been released, the White House said.
The three were named as Mark Swidan, Kai Li and John Leung.
“Soon they will return and be reunited with their families for the first time in many years,” the White House said in a statement.
All three had been designated by the US government as wrongfully detained.
Swidan had been facing a death sentence on drug charges, while Li and Leung were imprisoned on espionage charges.
A US official said the Biden administration had raised their cases with China in multiple meetings over the last several years, including earlier this month when President Joe Biden spoke to Chinese president Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Peru.